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Older Microsoft programs can act strangely
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| Actually, Virginia, this is fairly common. It usually happens when you have
| an older version of Microsoft Office (or Microsoft Works). Microsoft really
| wants all three programs — Office, Outlook and Outlook Express — to be the
| same version. When they're not, odd things can happen. Among them is that
| Windows will often forget which e-mail client it has and hide the ability to
| change it.
|
| Your best bet is to make sure you have the latest of everything — which is
| not cheap. You might want to look at OpenOffice (http://openoffice.org) as a
| replacement. It's free and powerful. It does all the same stuff that
| Microsoft Office does.
|
| Also free is Thunderbird (www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird), an e-mail
| program to replace Outlook Express. It's another great program from the folks
| who gave us Firefox.
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http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080622/BUSINESS0103/806220320/1001/BUSINESS
Another self-inflicted wound for Microsoft. Vista makes things even better, for
Linux (even less Windows compatibility).
Related:
Vista and iTunes Don't Play Nice Together
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| Various folks are reporting that you cannot authorize iTunes
| (for WIndows) on Vista to play things purchased from the iTunes Store.
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/01/vista-and-itunes-dont-play-nice-together/
Windows Vista Compatibility Problems
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| What the Microsoft CEO didn't mention is that products from Adobe
| Systems, IBM, Symantec, and a number of other high-profile developers
| didn't make the list of Vista-friendly applications that Microsoft says
| are either fully certified for Windows Vista or will at least run
| relatively trouble-free on the new OS.
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http://www.geekstuffs.com/2007/05/03/windows-vista-compatibility-problems/
Lack of Internal Talks at Microsoft, Google
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| Maybe my "Microsoft's Entertainment Domination" theory was a bit
| premature. Apparently, the Zune MP3 player isn't flying off shelves
| and now it turns out that the Zune is incompatible with Microsoft'
| latest Windows Vista operating system. Amazing how a disconnect like
| this can occur within an organization. Software start-ups are taking
| advantage of the lowered development costs and the speedy development
| time -- and forcing large software organizations to speed up their
| own development cycles, but in the process, the large organizations
| are fumbling to communicate effectively amongst their departments.
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/15/lack-of-internal-talks-at-microsoft-google/
Error Message Of The Day: "Zune Failed"
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| This is what you get if you plug the Zune 2 directly into a Vista PC.
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http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/11/error-message-o.html
MSN Music UK does not play on Vista
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| I cannot play MSN Music UK's music files on Vista - I've over 150
| tracks that I purchased - and it doesn't work.
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http://badgerguy.livejournal.com/179419.html
Windows Help files not supported in Vista
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| For all the effort they put into building operating systems
| that are backwards-compatible, they then go and choose not to
| include support for Help files that are built to use the
| old WinHlp32.exe program.
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http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/02/27/windows-help-files-not-supported-in-vista/
Old:
Vista Compatibility Still Concerns Some
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| Analysts confirm that there are indeed some issues with software
| compatibility and there are bound to be more. Whenever a new
| operating system comes into play, users should expect it won't
| be smooth sailing at first. Thus, it comes as no surprise that
| bloggers are busily posting problems and gripes.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20070126/tc_nf/49597
Life with Vista - Is this dogfood really for the dogs?
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| # Vista is not ready for primetime. By that I mean that Vista still
| feels like a beta. That's right. It has so many compatibility
| problems with existing applications that running anything other
| than stuff from Microsoft that specifically says "for Vista Build
| XXXX" makes me feel like I'm taking my life into my own hands.
|
| 1. Games - don't even get me started...
|
| 2. Visual Studio 2005 - I can't find the words to express the irony...
|
| 3. Virtual PC - worthless. Don't even attempt on Vista.
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http://dotnetaddict.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/vista_dogfood.htm
Visual Studio vs. Vista: What's going on here?
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| * Visual Basic 6.0 (supported)
| * Visual Studio .NET 2002 (not supported)
| * Visual Studio .NET 2003 (not supported)
| * Visual Studio 2005 (supported, but will have "compatibility issues"
| until some nebulous set of post-SP1 fixes ships)
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http://www.theserverside.net/news/thread.tss?thread_id=42426
Windows Vista: Work In Progress
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| Already, the list of non-compatible applications or hardware is fairly
| long. Microsoft's own Vista updates add to the number of third-partyp
| atches on which businesses will have to conduct compatibility testing.
| The burden is yet another reason to see slow business deployments in
| the early months following Windows Vista's release.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/windows_vista_work_in_progress.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
SQL Server 2005 SP1 won't work with Vista
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| It's no secret that a number of applications, including
| several of Microsoft's own, are not going to work properly
| with Windows Vista when the product ships.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=71
Vista Breaks Applications
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| The big secret at Redmond is that existing applications and new
| products will not work with Vista.
|
| Microsoft really doesn't want you to know this, but many of your
| existing applications won't work with Vista. In fact, some brand
| new products won't work with Vista.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2062318,00.asp
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