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RE: software not Vista compliant?

Berton — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:10:35 GMT

The key will always be whether the older programs will even install in Vista. We've always had to deal with compatibility when new Operating Systems come out.

RE: software not Vista compliant?

vinceione — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:59:37 GMT

Since there is a compatibility mode, why has there been such a fuss over old software that does not run in Vista?

RE: software not Vista compliant?

alfred — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:08:19 GMT

I have been using Photoshop 7 with Vista Home Premium for over a year with no problems at all. I had been using Photoshop Elements 4 which gave me a "message" when I started the program. It did however seem to run ok. I had an old Photoshop 7 that I had not used in several years. It has been providing all my simple needs (heck Irfanview pretty much does that for my needs). I had lost/discarded the manual for 7 and found a couple of things on the internet to get me going again.

RE: software not Vista compliant?

Berton — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:54:40 GMT

The alert could be either or both. If the software installs okay you may have to right-click the icon and Properties, in Compatibility tab choose a previous version of Windows.

software not Vista compliant?

vinceione — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:13:38 GMT

I read on the Adobe site that Photoshop 7 was not Vista compliant, but I thought I would give it a try anyway. It installed just fine, and seems to work perfectly as far as I can see so far. So this has motivated me to try some of my other older software.

My question is, what will happen if some software is truly not Vista compliant? Will Vista give me an alert when I try to install it, or will it install and not function correctly? or ???

Thanks