The App Compat Guy

A couple of weeks ago, I had a chance to sit in on a webinar delivered by Flexera Software and chat about Windows 7 Application Compatibility. The recording of the webinar is now online and available here: http://mktg.flexerasoftware.com/mk/get/BPWin7CompatApp_wbnr...

A few weeks ago, I spoke about how our information on vendor data was slowly making it through the channel , beginning with the compatibility center (complete), moving on to the downloadable Application Compatibility List for IT Pros (complete), and finally...

Earlier today, I received this request from a customer: This ( http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=07fb0bd8-f390-458d-a629-6f0258ac7cdf ) is a .NET 1.1 app and I have installed .NET 1.1 SP1 on Windows 7 32-bit and all .NET 1.1 SP1...

Are your business-critical applications compatible with Windows 7? Join Microsoft's "App Compat Guy" Chris Jackson to learn best practices for how IT teams are resolving Windows 7 application compatibility issues. Hear about his experiences...

In the world of app compat, sometimes you get lucky and have the app itself clearly not working, and you debug it. (Well, I guess if you’re really going to get lucky, you’ll have the app just work.) Things get murkier when an app has a bad interaction...

(Wow, I’m doing a lot more posting today than normal. Things kind of piled up while I was on leave.) There is a ton of activity going on in the world regarding Windows 7 deployments, and one of the hottest topics we’re finding is x64. People are very...

This one has been on my to-do list for a while, so it’s far from breaking news. I use these posts as a resource to gauge how we’re doing with our presentation content. Typically these posts don’t generate a lot of feedback, but it is always welcome. At...

今日は。Guten Tag. Bonjour. ¡Hola! 안녕하세요. 你好. Ciao. Здравствуйте. Olá. I’ve been on leave for a while, so my apologies for being quiet lately. I’ve been sitting on this news for a while, though I think these links might come in handy if you are touching a...