The App Compat Guy

A long time ago (2 years ago – that’s like the Paleolithic era of computers – weren’t we all running TI-99/4As back then?) I put together a post about running Application Verifier as a tester . There were a couple of things I would do differently with...

Since I was discussing the Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder yesterday , it makes sense to address the most common question I get after demonstrating this feature: Can I use it on Windows Vista / Windows XP / Windows something else? Well, there’s nothing...

One of the features of Windows 7 that consistently gets rave reviews from the IT Pros I demonstrate it to is the Problem Steps Recorder . But as I look at it, you have a rather strange set of requirements, involving walking users through how to start...

With the release of the Windows 7 beta , there has been a lot of speculation about an accompanying version of the Application Compatibility Toolkit . Because the release of a version of ACT so frequently accompanies the release of an OS (or a significant...

Updated: Added co-presenter info, and corrected 2 typos. The 2009 conference season has begun, launched with an internal Microsoft conference: TechReady 8. So, while not everyone can be there, it’s fairly representative of what there is to come at the...

Updated March 16, 2009: Somebody updated these links with the 4.0 version (which kind of defeats the purpose of having these links so I’m not sure what they were thinking) but they’re back to the 3.x version now. Hey, there’s a new version of Application...