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Why don’t I see any data for Vendor Assessment for Windows 7 in ACT 5.5?
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 Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 12:03 PM by Chris Jackson | 1 Comments
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How to Hack your Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.5 (ACT 5.5) Database to Locate 16-bit Files in your Application Inventory
(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 Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 4:02 PM by Chris Jackson | 3 Comments
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Localized Documentation for the Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.5 (ACT 5.5) Available in 10 Languages
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 Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 10:12 AM by Chris Jackson | 0 Comments
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How to Remove the RC Designation from the Windows 7 Reports in ACT 5.5
We shipped ACT 5.5 back in April 2009, several months before we shipped Windows 7. Helpfully (I guess) we decided to label it Windows 7 RC in the UI so you could specifically track your testing against the release candidate. We had the idea that we could Read More...
Posted: Friday, November 06, 2009 2:56 PM by Chris Jackson | 6 Comments
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The Case of the SUA Missing Log File
Since I’m using Mark’s tools, I figure I may as well steal his blog title scheme… I had a customer come to me with a question on Standard User Analyzer (SUA), looking for an explanation for why it was coming back with the following error: Failed to load Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 11:16 PM by Chris Jackson | 0 Comments
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The Long and Sordid History of Vendor and Community Data in the Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.5
Allow me to describe the typical scenario for a first time user for the Application Compatibility Manager component of ACT 5.5: Get an inventory, press send/receive, discover that you don’t find as much data on there as you expected, then send an email Read More...
Posted: Monday, May 18, 2009 7:57 PM by Chris Jackson | 2 Comments
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What’s New in ACT 5.5
The new ACT is here! The new ACT is here! I’m always on the forefront of breaking news, eh? We shipped ACT 5.5, erm, 11 days ago. (What can I say, it’s been a busy 11 days.) I know a little while back I blogged about whether or not you can wait for it Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 3:31 PM by Chris Jackson | 2 Comments
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What is Coming in ACT 5.5, and Should You Wait for It?
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 Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 2:16 PM by Chris Jackson | 12 Comments
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