Recent update: 2008-3-21

NHL 07 and FIFA 07 problems on Vista RC2

355 byte By DarkProphet at 2008-3-7
Hi there,I have a problem running the games from EA Sports - FIFA 07 and NHL 07 on Vista RC2 (build 5744). The games seem to be OK until I try to start a match (on both games) ... the game is a lot faster than it should be so it is nearly impossible to play it... In NHL 07 I can not even set ...

Cannot install AT&T Natural Voices on Vista RC2

378 byte By Fug at 2008-3-6
The exact error is: The operating system is not adequate for running ATT Natural Voices 1_4 Engine and Crystal16.Tried the compatibility modes but to no ...

problems with windows 64

272 byte By EvL_Kraze at 2008-3-5
I just got windows xp 64 bit edition and Im trying to play movies in it but it isnt letting me. I tried with WMV realplayer and directX I have a ati 9600 radeon pro graphics card if that helps with anything anyone know how I could get dvds running? (Yea i got a dvd drive)

Vista and Virtual server 2005

913 byte By Degremont at 2008-3-3
Hi all, I have followed everything and things appear to be installed. However when I bring up the management console for VS I get this error message: An error occurred accessing the website application data folder. The virtual machine folders are located in "\\Users\Public\Public ...

The bluetooth icon does not dissapear.

475 byte By DarkProphet at 2008-3-1
Hi again,I do not know if this is a right place to put this thread in but I do not know where exactly can I write the Vista RC2 feedback...I have bluetooth on my laptop and automatically the Bluetooth icon appears in the notification area (bottom right screen corner near the system clock). I ...

Slow internet connection on Vista?

747 byte By jigsaw-ols at 2008-2-28
We use WinInet to send HTTP request and get response. On Windows XP, it works fine. However, I got timeout error on Vista. The timeout occur when calling InternetReadFile(). I tried many times. Sometimes, It works; Sometimes does not. My Vista version is RC1 build 5600. I am not sure this is a ...

MBS Navision 3.70 compatability problems

13316 byte By Hawkson at 2008-2-27
Hello,I have been testing Windows Vista RC1 in our computer enviroment and have hit a wall with the most important application, MBS Navision. I've tried running it in every compatability mode but to no avail. The program fails to launch and I get an error in my event viewer.The question I want ...

Did anybody use Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit v4.1 or 5.0?

738 byte By MaximMasiutin at 2008-2-26
We are testing our applications for Windows Vista, and only were able to run Microsoft Application Verifier 3.2 and Microsoft Standard User Analyzer to test our applications and see the results.We did also try Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) v4.1 or 5.0 but after trying this ...

How to get SeBackupPrivilege in a deferred custom action EXE?

1416 byte By AnttiNivala at 2008-2-25
I have encountered a privilege difference in Windows Installer between XP and Vista RC1 which makes our installation fail. I have searched for an explanation and workaround but haven't found anything so far. This is NOT a UAC issue: the difference in privileges is there even when UAC is ...

performance of 32 bit applications on 64 bit systems

316 byte By ArjanT at 2008-2-24
We are using some demanding MS Access 2000 applications on Windows XP PC's and need them to perform faster.Will a 64 bit system (e.g. vista 64 + intel core 2 duo) improve performance of 32 bit applications, or will it work better to move to the fastest available 32 bit ...

What is my next step

377 byte By MGreen at 2008-2-23
hey folks.I've installed VISTA RC1 5744, installed my software, tested it.What do I do next? Do I just say "it works" and then put a sticker on the box for the next print run?I'm only taking the steps towards getting the "Works with" vista logo for this batch of products ...

Unable to create folder in C:\Windows\WinSXS in Vista OS

820 byte By RoshKMathews at 2008-2-22
Hi,I was checking compatibility of one of my MFC application in Vista OS. Usually if the MFC shared dlls are not present, i used to copy them in WinSXS under folder with the required folder name like x86_Microsoft.VC80.xxxx. (Installing VC++ Redist also didnt work in my case.) And this would ...

Linksys wireless usb problems with vista

482 byte By sweettooth at 2008-2-22
I have been having problems with the pci and usb Linksys wireless adapters when I installed windows vista RC1 build 5600. It always gives me these errors: Can't load ProcNIC'sdll and Can't load Res_dll Maybe I need to find drivers for windows vista and if they are not there then I guess I ...

webcam problem

601 byte By dilerabdullah at 2008-2-21
Does anyone else have any errors with the VIMICRO USB PC CAMERA on Vista, it worked fine under XP SP2, however i have tried using it on vista & Windows Live Messenger (Which its designed for), and it can load all the drivers etc, but always displays a black screen?.Has anyone managed to ...

error installing office 2007 on vista rc1

129 byte By frankjespo at 2008-2-20
every time i try to install office pro 2007 beta on vista i get a error and the setup fails anybody have i solution?

audio

55 byte By DavidNation at 2008-2-19
can anyone tell me why there is no audio in chat rooms?

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796 byte By DarkProphet at 2008-2-18
Hi there.Yesterday I have installed Vista rc2 (b. 5744) and I tried to install Alcohol 120 Software (virtual cd-rom emulation and creation). Installation seemed fine but after I restarted my system and logged on I had a serious problem - after a few second the screen started somehow ...

Intel(R) 82801ER SATA RAID Controller

289 byte By LKharlamov at 2008-2-17
<P>When I want setup Vista RC1 from DOS, I will need to install raid driver. When I put floppy into floppy-drive, setup begin copy driver-files to HDD, when I will seen "blue screen" with error.</P> <P>This driver was worked correctly in Vista Beta 2. How can I correct this problem.</P>

Vista's new data re-direction/virtualization breaks my app. Help

1942 byte By MrMMills at 2008-2-16
Now that Vista no longer lets you write files to the "Program Files" directory (after the initial install) my app doesnt work correctly. The Vista security design feature (aka the newly introduced MS redirecting driver) now takes the files that were going to the the "Program ...

Visioneer 8900 Scanner Driver

240 byte By eljefe77 at 2008-2-15
Have been unable to have Vista recognizeXP driver for Visioneer 8900 Scanner. Driver is version 3.0 using PaperPort 7.0. The drivers available at Visioneer are not compatible either. Anyone have success installing the above scanner?

"Works With Windows Vista" logo -- where to submit test results?

1105 byte By MaximMasiutin at 2008-2-15
We have modified our application to comply to Vista Application Compatibility Cookbook, and we have applied to "Works With Windows Vista" logo, but on the page http://microsoft.mrmpslc.com/VistaPlatformAdoption/Secure/WorksWithTestStatus.aspx there is a note "Beginning in August, ...

Stange text encoding in the Registry for RC1

924 byte By graye at 2008-2-15
I've got an application that provides similar functionality to the Device Manager. It displays the devices by "category" similar to the list view in the Device Manager.It gets the category string from the registry... specifically the "default" string value at each one of ...

Have to turn off IE “Protected Mode” to view web page, why?

1327 byte By jigsaw-ols at 2008-2-15
Out application allows user to launch browser and show some web pages. The pages are in our company’s web site. This works fine on Windows XP. However, does not work on Vista. I can see a blank browser window only. To make it work, I have to turn off “Protected Mode” for both Internet and Local ...

CAsyncSocket broadcast problem in Vista

1679 byte By liuming at 2008-2-15
Hello Everyone: I have wrote some code using MFC CAsyncSocket to broadcast. The program run correctly under Windows XP, but not Vista(). The broadcast packets cannot be captured when running in Vista. Is there some MFC supporting problem for Vista? Or other reasons? I need your HELP! Thanks a ...

Debugger detected

433 byte By MrEMan at 2008-2-14
While trialling Vista RC2 (5744) I went to install and run my favorite screen saver "Cuckoo Clock 3D " from 3Planesoft I got this error Debugger detected [97]The install seems to work fine, it's when I try and run the thing or change any settings that the error appears. It worked ...

Japanese IME does not work properly with MultiUI

1153 byte By ichiroh at 2008-2-14
My program does not work properly on Windows Vista Japanese.It's using IME functions.You can recreate same problem with MultiUI sample program which is provided by Microsoft.You can see this problem with following instruction:1. Compile and run MultiUIIt's ...

Using smartcards in a service - SCardAccessStartedEvent

4672 byte By SergioOrtiz at 2008-2-13
Dear all,Migrating our core development platform to Windows Vista, one of our Windows services using smartcards is failing.We have debugged the problem and found that the event provided by the function ScardAccessStartedEvent does not receive notification. This event is supposed to signal when ...

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796 byte By DarkProphet at 2008-2-13
Hi there.Yesterday I have installed Vista rc2 (b. 5744) and I tried to install Alcohol 120 Software (virtual cd-rom emulation and creation). Installation seemed fine but after I restarted my system and logged on I had a serious problem - after a few second the screen started somehow ...

Slow internet connection on Vista?

747 byte By jigsaw-ols at 2008-2-12
We use WinInet to send HTTP request and get response. On Windows XP, it works fine. However, I got timeout error on Vista. The timeout occur when calling InternetReadFile(). I tried many times. Sometimes, It works; Sometimes does not. My Vista version is RC1 build 5600. I am not sure this is a ...

Have to turn off IE “Protected Mode” to view web page, why?

1327 byte By jigsaw-ols at 2008-2-11
Out application allows user to launch browser and show some web pages. The pages are in our company’s web site. This works fine on Windows XP. However, does not work on Vista. I can see a blank browser window only. To make it work, I have to turn off “Protected Mode” for both Internet and Local ...

UNUSABLE STATE " THANKS VISTA"

183 byte By maxvicious at 2008-2-10
I WAS IN THE LATER STAGES OF UPDATING MY COMPUTER "VISTA" WHEN WE RECIEVED A POWER SURGE . MY COMP. IS NOW IN A UNUSEABLE STATE, NO NOTHING WHAT TO DO!!

Linksys wireless usb problems with vista

482 byte By sweettooth at 2008-2-10
I have been having problems with the pci and usb Linksys wireless adapters when I installed windows vista RC1 build 5600. It always gives me these errors: Can't load ProcNIC'sdll and Can't load Res_dll Maybe I need to find drivers for windows vista and if they are not there then I guess I ...

webcam problem

601 byte By dilerabdullah at 2008-2-8
Does anyone else have any errors with the VIMICRO USB PC CAMERA on Vista, it worked fine under XP SP2, however i have tried using it on vista & Windows Live Messenger (Which its designed for), and it can load all the drivers etc, but always displays a black screen?.Has anyone managed to ...

Visual Studio Express

273 byte By DelotaOps101 at 2008-2-8
Today i installed the C# Visual Studio Express Edition on Vista RC1. The installation semmed to go properly, and when i started it, everthing was working. The problem is, when i try to make a new preject, there are no templates available. Has anybody else had this problem?

audio

55 byte By DavidNation at 2008-2-7
can anyone tell me why there is no audio in chat rooms?

MS Office with vista rc1

636 byte By MrSHeeN at 2008-2-7
I got windows vista rc1 (build 5600) that I downloaded freely from microsoft website..now the question is: "What version of Office - and how can I get it - that works with this copy of windows?"I downloaded Office Technical Refresh but it didn't work. It gave a message which didn't look like ...

MBS Navision 3.70 compatability problems

13316 byte By Hawkson at 2008-2-7
Hello,I have been testing Windows Vista RC1 in our computer enviroment and have hit a wall with the most important application, MBS Navision. I've tried running it in every compatability mode but to no avail. The program fails to launch and I get an error in my event viewer.The question I want ...

audio

56 byte By DavidNation at 2008-2-7
can anyone tell me why there is no audio in chat rooms?

VX3000 Webcam - Vista Errors

582 byte By ishotjesus at 2008-2-6
Does anyone else have any errors with the Microsoft VX3000 webcam on Vista, it worked fine under XP SP2, however i have tried using it on vista & Windows Live Messenger (Which its designed for), and it can load all the drivers etc, but always displays a black screen?.Has anyone managed to ...

Linksys wireless usb problems with vista

490 byte By sweettooth at 2008-2-6
I have been having problems with the pci and usb Linksys wireless adapters when I installed windows vista RC1 build 5600. It always gives me these errors: Can't load ProcNIC'sdll and Can't load Res_dll Maybe I need to find drivers for windows vista and if they are not there then I guess I ...

Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Adapter

616 byte By LKharlamov at 2008-2-5
Hello Microsoft Support! After download new beta version of Vista 5728,... I have a new big problem. When I install driver for my network card, I need to install Intel(R) Advanced Network Services Virtual Adapter for enable specials futures of my network card. After installation in properties ...

Did anybody use Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit v4.1 or 5.0?

746 byte By MaximMasiutin at 2008-2-5
We are testing our applications for Windows Vista, and only were able to run Microsoft Application Verifier 3.2 and Microsoft Standard User Analyzer to test our applications and see the results.We did also try Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) v4.1 or 5.0 but after trying this ...

suppressing autoplay in xp and vista

686 byte By ak-home at 2008-2-5
We have an application where we need to cancel/suppress autoplay for USB devices that is a mass-storage device class. I found a thread here titled - "Autoplay cancellation fails in Vista" where the author skyrancher says that he was able to get the cancel to work in XP. I'm looking at...

"Works With Windows Vista" logo -- where to submit test results?

1103 byte By MaximMasiutin at 2008-2-4
We have modified our application to comply to Vista Application Compatibility Cookbook, and we have applied to "Works With Windows Vista" logo, but on the page http://microsoft.mrmpslc.com/VistaPlatformAdoption/Secure/WorksWithTestStatus.aspx there is a note "Beginning in August, ...

Network access seems to be locked down until reboot?

572 byte By wbardwel at 2008-2-4
Installing my company's product (which uses an older WISE based installer) it seems that Vista RC1 is marking the path that the programs are installed in as not allowed to do network accesses. (If you run the programs and try to do socket or HTTP calls, they fail with host not found type ...

Japanese IME does not work properly with MultiUI

1151 byte By ichiroh at 2008-2-4
My program does not work properly on Windows Vista Japanese.It's using IME functions.You can recreate same problem with MultiUI sample program which is provided by Microsoft.You can see this problem with following instruction:1. Compile and run MultiUIIt's ...

Using smartcards in a service - SCardAccessStartedEvent

4619 byte By SergioOrtiz at 2008-2-4
Dear all,Migrating our core development platform to Windows Vista, one of our Windows services using smartcards is failing.We have debugged the problem and found that the event provided by the function ScardAccessStartedEvent does not receive notification. This event is supposed to signal when ...

Stange text encoding in the Registry for RC1

935 byte By graye at 2008-2-3
I've got an application that provides similar functionality to the Device Manager. It displays the devices by "category" similar to the list view in the Device Manager.It gets the category string from the registry... specifically the "default" string value at each one of ...

Virtual drives (iso games)

217 byte By FBINarulukaUS at 2008-2-3
Im having problems finding programs that will give me virtual drives to install my ISO game files I've tried Demontools/alcohol120/virtualclonedvd and none work :( i want my games! help please :D </span>

VX3000 Compatibility issue with Vista build 5728

322 byte By ghos401 at 2008-2-2
I saw a thread earlier about VX3000 driver not being compatible with RC1 (build 5600), but the guy mentioned that it was fixed later in a different build. I have build 5728 and it still won't install (harddrive space too small error), so I was wondering which version is it exactly that this ...

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