Digital-Daily : Editorial : vista_compatible

Popular programs: Windows Vista compatibility tests

Date: 06.04.2007

Summary table

To visualize it, we gathered the results of tests for all the programs into the below summary table.

Program name and version	Setup	Features	Uninstall
Microsoft Office XP	V	V	V
Microsoft Office 2003	V	V	V
1Ñ: Predpriyatie 7.7 (release 7.70.027)	V	V	V
Adobe Acrobat 7.0	V	V	V
Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0	V	V	V
Socrat Personal 4.1	X	V	V
Punto Switcher 2.9.9	V	X	V
TheBat! 3.60	V	X	V
FlashGet 1.70	V	V	V
Opera 8.50	V	V	V
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6	V	V	V
Rambler-ICQ	V	V	V
QIP 2005(Build 8000)	V	V	V
Skype 2.5.0.130	V	V	V
CuteFTP Pro 7.1	V	X	V
WinRAR	V	V	V
WinZip	V	V	V
7-Zip	V	V	V
Winamp 5.1	V	V	V
CyberLink PowerDVD 5.0	V	V	V
WinDVD Platinum 6.0.6.56	V	V	V
Light Alloy 4.0	V	V	V
QuickTime 6.5.2	V	V	V
Sound Forge 8.0b	X	X	V
Adobe Premiere Pro 7.0	V	V	V
Adobe After Effect 6.0	V	V	V
Pinnacle Studio 8.4	V	V	V
Ulead MediaStudio Pro 7.0	V	V	V
Adobe Photoshop CS 8.0	V	V	V
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12	V	V	V
3DSMax 5	V	V	V
Xara3D 6.0	V	V	V
Macromedia Dreamweaver 8.0	V	V	V
ACDSee 8.0.39	X	X	V
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0.2.614 Vista	V	V	V
Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0.2.614 Vista	V	V	V
Kaspersky Antivirus 6.0.0.300	X	X	V
«Heroes of destroyed empires»	V	V	V
«Hitman Contracts»	V	V	V
«Constantine»	V	V	V
«Moorhuhn Winter»	V	V	V
«Diablo II»	V	X	V
«Need for Speed Carbon»	V	X	V
Far 1.705	V	V	V
Total Commander 6.53	V	V	V
Nero Premium 7.0.1.2	X	X	X
Alcohol 120% 1.9.5.3105	X	X	X
Delphi 7	V	V	V
Turbo Pascal 7.0	V	V	V
RegCleaner 4.3	V	X	V
SpeedFan 4.23	V	X	V
HDDlife Pro 2.5.74	V	X	X

Final Words

Let's recap the results of our tests. On the whole, of all the variety of tested programs we found quite a high level of compatibility. Most of the popular programs were running stably in Windows Vista.

With some outdated programs there were issues, but if we recall the release of Windows XP and migration to it from other systems, in our case the situation is much better. Windows Vista, as we mentioned in the beginning of the article, is more secure and stable unlike its predecessors. On the example of outdated versions of Kaspersky antivirus, we see that Windows Vista takes more care of installation of derivers and services which can destabilize it.

We can make the conclusion that most of the popular software is compatible to Windows Vista. Besides, many large software developers are either preparing or have already released new versions of their programs and games, fully compatible to the new OS. We think migration to the new operating system will not take long to appear.

In conclusion, we'd like to share Microsoft's useful link to the regularly updated list of programs which have already acquired the "Certified for Windows Vista" or "Works with Windows Vista" logos.

Applications that have earned the "Certified for Windows Vista" logo or the "Works with Windows Vista" logo

The list is growing visibly, and on the moment of sales launch it amounted to hundreds of utilities and suites but now it takes thousands of items.

What we'd like to stress is that Microsoft is constantly releasing patches and updates for Windows Vista, so maybe after another update your good old formerly failing program may work. Good luck!

The material is placed with permission from the editorial board of "Internetiya".

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