Sunday, November 27, 2011

Test Windows 7 Application Compatibility

As you know that Microsoft Windows 7 is in market now. It seems to be the more popular operating system that its predecessors. Microsoft claims that all the applications that are not compatible with Windows Vista, should run in Windows 7.

Of course, you will probably want to test application compatibility of Microsoft Windows 7. To examine the application compatibility, you need to check out the ACT i.e Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.5. Among other things, this Application Compatibility Tool also helps IT professional to decide conclusively whether particular applications are compatible with Windows 7 or not.

You can use ACT to:

• Check that your application's compatibility with devices and computers which are installed with Microsoft Windows 7, which also determines your risk evaluation.
• Check compatibility of Windows updates which also determines your risk evaluation.
• You can become a member of ACT community and also share your risk evaluations with the other ACT members.
• You can also use the Internet Explorer Compatibility Test Tool to check your Web sites and Web applications for compatibility with new releases and security updates to Internet Explorer.
•You can also visit the Microsoft's Windows 7 Compatibility Center, click the Software tab and then navigate to the Enterprise Applications. This compatibility center consists of a number of categories that you can browse, from Application Development to Systems & Network Management. It is sure that most of the applications that worked with Windows vista will work with Windows 7 and those that don't work can be used through XP Mode.

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