Windows Vista : Programs That Do and Don't Work

by **The Phoenix** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:39 pm

<img src="http://parcom.pro-networks.org/PROneT-News/WindowsVista.jpg" align="left"><img src="http://parcom.pro-networks.org/PROneT-News/WindowsVista.jpg" align="right"><center>Windows Vista : Programs That Do and Don't Work</center>

<center>This guide covers Windows Vista Build 6000.16386 which is the official
RTM (Release to Manufacture) & Release to Retail build.</center>

Windows Vista RTM Build 6000.16386 has been officially released !

Note: Build Number 6000.16386 is the ONLY official RTM build, if you are running any other build number such as 16384 then it is a leaked copy and we won't support it.

The lists for previous Vista builds can be found at the links below:

Windows Vista RC1: Programs That Do and Don't Work

Windows Vista RC2 (5744): Programs That Do and Don't Work

Current As of: February 27th, 2007

x86

x86 Working:
Hardware Drivers

Audigy 2 ZS
Brother HL-1240 Laserjet
Cannon i560 printer, driver automatically installed by Windows Vista
Epson R220 (XP Driver Works)
Hauppauge WIN-TV PVR-350
Lexmark X1100 Series drivers (not in box -- available at Lexmark)
Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000
SiI 3124 eSATA RAID2_4PORT
Soundblaster Live! (even though Vista says it is NOT compatible)

AntiVirus & Internet Security Programs

Adaware 1.06
Avast! 4.7 Home Edition
AVG Anti-Virus Free
AVG 7.5 With Firewall
Kaspersky 6.0.2.621 Internet Security
NOD32
Trillian v3.1 but incompatible with glass
Windows Live! OneCare v1.5

Networking & Network Utility/Security Programs

Cisco VPN Client 4.01.0410

Office & other Productivity Programs

Adobe Acrobat Reader 7 (Requires Update to 7.0.8 to Work)
Adobe Acrobat Pro 8
Adobe Acrobat Reader 8
Adobe Creative Suite 2
Adobe Photoshop 9.0
Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 (& All Other Versions)
Encarta Reference library 2007
Microsoft MapPoint Europe 2006
Microsoft Money 2006 & 2007
Microsoft Office 2003
Micorsoft Office 2007

Messaging Programs

MSN Messenger 7.5
Skype 2.5
Windows Live! Messenger 8.1
Yahoo Messenger 8.1 (incl Yahoo Toolbar 6.5)

MultiMedia Programs

Alcohol 120% v1.9.6.4629
Azerus 2.5
CloneCD
CloneDVD
Convert Movie 4.4
CuteFTP Pro 8 (Error Message when closing Transfer Manager)
Deamon Tools 4.06
DVD Shrink
Divx 6.4 Codec
Easy CD-DA Extractor
EMULE
Epson PrintCD
FireFox 2
K-lite codec pack 279F
Macromedia Fireworks 8
Media Studio 7
Nero 7
Newsleecher
Nokia PC Suite
Paint.NET
PowerDVD 5.0
QuickTime & I-Tunes 7.1
Palm Desktop 4 Software AND HOTSYNC!
Red Eye Remover 1.8
Rhapsody version 4
Roxio Easy Media Creator 9
Shareaza 2.1.0.0
Shareaza 2.2.5.0
Sonar 6 Cakewalk
Sonic Digital Media Plus v7
Ulead photoimpact 12
XVID 1.1 Codec
Winamp 2.80
Winamp Pro 5.3
WinFast TV Tuner & Entertainment Centre Software

Others

Acronis True Image Home 10
Acronis True Image Workstation 9.1
Aida32
CoverXP Pro 1.65
DailyJournal (Error on Closure)
Folding@Home (May cause instability if run with other apps in background)
GTK+ Runtime Environment 2
O&O defrag 8
Registry Clean Expert
System Mechanic 5
The Gimp
Total commander 6.55
Ventrilo 2.3.0 client
Webroot Window Washer 6
WinISO 5
WinRAR v3.5
WinRAR v3.6
WinRAR v3.7 Betas
WinZip 10

Games

Age of Empires 3
Age of Empires 3: The Warchiefs
Battlefield 2142 (Graphic's Problems on 6800GS)
Call Of Duty 2
Far Cry
FEAR
Final Fantasy XI
Flight Simulator X
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (Seems to run very slow)
Guild Wars (Graphic's Problems on 6800GS)
Half Life, Half Life Blue Shift, Half Life Opposing Force, Team Fortress Classic
Half Life 2, Half Life 2 Epsiode 1, Half Life 2 Deathmatch, Hlaf Life 2 Lost Coast
Halo
Just Cause
PREY
Rainbow Six: Raven Shield
Rainbow Six: Lockdown
Rainbow Six: Vegas
Ragnarok Online
Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory 1.5 (Requires protection file update from Starforce)
Star Trek Legacy
Titan Quest
World Of Warcraft

x86 NOT working:
Hardware Drivers

Visioneer 9320 USB Scanner (Vista installs but Scanner refuses to work)

MultiMedia Programs

Adobe Reader 8 (Requires extraction of install files to work properly)
BSPlayer
Windows Media Stream Recorder v9.0
(cannot get it to record & after uninstalling it, IE 7.0 was broke, w/ the LAN Settings/ Proxy Server box checked, until unchecked).

Others

BlueSoleil 2.3 Standard & VOIP Packages
Executive Diskeeper Professional Premier Edition v11.0.686.0
IncrediMail
Outpost

Games

King Of Dragon Pass

x64

x64 Working:
Hardware Drivers

F8 key at the boot menu to 'Disable Driver signature Enforcement'

n.b: If you choose to put Vista to sleep instead of shutting it down completely, on wakeup you will not need to hit F8 and all drivers will be loaded as desired

AntiVirus & Internet Security Programs

NOD32 2.7
eTrust Antivirus (requires F8 + Disable Digital Driver Requirement in x64, and is difficult to install in any case

Office & other Productivity Programs

Adobe Acrobat 6 & 7
Adobe Photoshop 7 (Some trivial issues)
ieSpell v. 2.1.1.325 English (U.S.)
Logitech SetPoint 3.1
Microsoft Money 2006 & 2007
Microsoft Office 2000
Microsoft Office XP
Microsoft Office 2003
Microsoft Office 2007

MultiMedia Programs

Cyberlink PowerDVD 6 (partially incompatible with Aero Glass)
DivX (all versions) (sometimes incompatible with Aero Glass)
IsoBuster
J.River Media Center 12
MediaPlayer Classic
Nero 7.5.9.0
Nero 7.7.5.1
Opera 9
QuickTime 7 (but Aero Glass incompatible, and takes a performance hit
Real Alternative 1.46
UltraISO
WinAmp (latest version) (some minor issues, not affecting performance)

Games

Warlords Battlecry III

Other Programs

ACDSee 6.0 and connected software, with some minor compatibility issues
CDex 1.51
ApexDC+++
Filezilla
Filezilla Server
Firefox
Gaim 2.0b5
Ontrack Easy Recovery Professional 6.0
Picasa2 (some minor annoyances)
Steam
Thunderbird 2
UTorrent
VistaBootPRO 3.1 (some minor issues, usually not affecting performance)
WinRAR

x64 NOT working:
Hardware Drivers

3COM (3c940) Ethernet drivers (Use Driver Enforcement Trick to get working)
M-Audio Audiophile 2496
M-Audio Delta 1010
M-Audio Delta 1010LT
Promise 378 IDE/RAID/SATA onboard controller (use F8 trick) ; functional (unsigned) x64 drivers for this device are available on warez sites only ; Vista cannot be installed to hard drives controlled by this device

Games

King Of Dragon Pass

MultiMedia Programs

Adobe Reader 8
Nero 7.2.3.2

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<center>Vista Programs List Archive</center>

Windows Vista 5744 RC2; Programs that are working and those not working

Windows Vista 5728 RC1 Refresh; Programs that are working and those not working

Windows Vista RC1 (5600): Programs that are working and not working

Windows Vista (Build 5536): Programs That Do and Do Not work

Windows Vista (Build 5472): Programs That Do and Do Not work

Windows Vista (Build 5456): Programs That Do and Don't Work

Windows Vista (Build 5384): Programs That Do and Don't Work

Vista Build 5381: Programs That Work (And Those That Don't)

Vista Build 5365: Programs That Work (And Those That Don't)

Programs that work or don't: Windows Vista Build 5308

Programs that work or don't: Windows Vista 5308 [Discussion]

Programs that work or don't - Windows Vista CTP Build 5270

Programs that work or don't [Discussion] - Vista CTP 5270

Before you post your programs here, please ensure you identify which version of Vista you are reporting for (x86 or x64) and be as detailed as necessary, which includes letting us know what CATEGORY the program you are reporting falls into, especially for those uncommon programs. THANK YOU!! ^*^

by **The Phoenix** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:19 am

This list is obviously not exhaustive, we depend on our Members to try to help us keep this list up to date so by all means PLEASE list your working and not working apps and hardware and help PROnetworks and your fellow Members make this the Ultimate Apps List for all things Vista !.

by **Little Caesar** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:06 pm

The Phoenix wrote:This list is obviously not exhaustive, we depend on our Members to try to help us keep this list up to date so by all means PLEASE list your working and not working apps and hardware and help PROnetworks and your fellow Members make this the Ultimate Apps List for all things Vista !.

I added Trend Micro PC-Cillin Internet Security 2007 v.15.30.0.1091 as working on x86 AntiVirus & Internet Security Programs some time ago, but that entry never made it to the list?

Maybe worth checking out is http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933305 and http://www.iexbeta.com/wiki/index.php/W ... ility_List (seems down atm), two sites with a plethora of tested software. One of them is Microsoft

by **phileysmiley** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:01 am

x86 DOES NOT WORK

Microtek Scanmaker scanner drivers (all models)

by **phileysmiley** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:38 am

x86 WORKS

Microsoft IntelliType 6.1 Keyboard drivers
Microsoft IntelliPoint 6.1 Mouse drivers

by **phileysmiley** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:43 pm

Forget the Lexmark drivers. Even though they now say they are compatible with Vista and I installed the latest ones, they still don't work.

by **shreader** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:30 pm

March 2007 Windows Vista Application Compatibility Update

INTRODUCTION
The March 2007 Windows Vista Application Compatibility Update is a package of software updates that address common application compatibility issues in Windows Vista. When you try to install and run certain legacy games or applications in Windows Vista, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms:

by **milleron** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:34 pm

X86 does NOT WORK

OmniPage SE 2.0 will cause IE7 to fail to launch in Vista x86. Resetting all IE7 settings will allow IE7 to launch one time. After it's closed, it's necessary to reset all the IE7 settings again to launch it again.

It's not necessary to uninstall OmniPage SE. Instead, use msconfig to stop its process from being loaded at startup. This way OmniPage SE will still run, but you'll want to make sure that its process is no longer running after closing it in order to allow IE7 to run.

If IE7 is launched by resetting all its settings, it still runs sluggishly as long as the OmniPage process is loaded

by **Quatre** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:51 am

does not work on Vista 64 period (x86 or x64)

MacDrive (any version afik)

by **tWeaKmoD** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:14 am

The following worked for me on x86:

Adobe Professional 7.0
GTK+ 2.0 With Pidgin 2.1.1 (formerly Gaim)
Motorola Phone Tools 4.0

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