Windows Vista : Programs That Do and Don't Work


Windows Vista RTM Build 6000.16386 has been officially released to TechNet and MSDN, & MS Connect Members !!!

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: December 31st, 2006

x86

x86 Working:
Hardware Drivers

Audigy 2ZS Beta drivers from Creative work, BUT when trying to adjust the audio properties to implement surround sound all sound is lost until a restart.
Cannon i560 printer, driver automatically installed by Windows Vista
Epson R220 (XP Driver Works)
Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000

AntiVirus & Internet Security Programs

Adaware 1.06
Avast! 4.7 Home Edition
AVG Anti-Virus Free
AVG 7.5 With Firewall
NOD32 2.7 beta
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)
Microsoft MapPoint Europe 2006
Microsoft Office 2003
Micorsoft Office 2007

Messaging Programs

MSN Messenger 7.5
Skype 2.5
Windows Live! Messenger 8.1

MultiMedia Programs

Alcohol 120% v1.9.6.4629
Azerus 2.5
CloneCD
Convert Movie 4.4
CuteFTP Pro 8 (Error Message when closing Transfer Manager)
Deamon Tools 4.06
DVD Shrink
Divx 6.4 Codec
EMULE
Epson PrintCD
FireFox 2.0
K-lite codec pack 279F
Media Studio 7
Nero 7.5.7.0
Nero 7.5.9.0
Newsleecher
Nokia PC Suite
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
Sonar 6 Cakewalk
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)
O&O defrag 8
Registry Clean Expert
System Mechanic 5
Total commander 6.55
Ventrilo 2.3.0 client
Webroot Window Washer 6
WinRAR v3.5
WinRAR v3.6
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

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

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 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
MediaPlayer Classic
Nero 7.5.9.0
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

Ma ima da se napravi verzija ovih programa specijalno za Vistu;)