This slidedeck was used at the BITPro november monthly UG meet. This session gave a detailed explanation of How the ACT 5.5 tool can be used to mitigate the AppCompat issues. Further, an overview of Windows 7 Core OS changes were also discussed.
Windows 7 – Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.5 Overview
1. Windows 7 – Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.5 Overview
2. Session Outline Topics Covered Points to look at when you are moving to Windows 7 from XP and Vista. Quick Demos of these issues and mitigations Overview of the Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.5 Topics Not Covered Detail coverage of shims and its implementation Creating Custom Shims
3. Windows 7 Builds on Vista Few Changes: Most software that runs on Windows Vista will run on Windows 7 - exceptions will be low level code (AV, Firewall, Imaging, etc). Hardware that runs Windows Vista well will run Windows 7 well. Few Changes: Focus on quality and reliability improvements Deep Changes: New models for security, drivers, deployment, and networking
4. Top Focus Areas coming from Windows XP Operating System Version Changes Standard User / User Account Control (UAC) Windows Resource Protection (WRP) Internet Explorer® Protected Mode Impacts of 64-bit Operating Systems (no 16 bit) Windows Filtering Platform Deprecations/GINA/Session 0 (High Impact/Low Frequency)
5. Top Focus Areas coming from Vista Operating System Version Changes Internet Explorer 8 (Compatibility View, LCIE) Removal of Windows Gallery applications (Windows Mail, Movie Maker, Messenger, Address Book, Photo Gallery) National Language Support (NLS) Sorting Changes File Libraries (they are not folders)
19. ACT 5.5 Online Sync ACT 5.0 included: Logo certification data Votes from other enterprises ACT 5.5 adds Windows Compatibility Center data We do the research on vendor web sites ACT 5.5 contains complete opt-out Not only do you not share your vote, you don’t share that you even have the app Means you don’t get any data in exchange You can see EXACTLY the data you’re sending up
20. High Level Architecture Compatibility Exchange Desktop Topology Finance HR Europe North America Log Processing Service and DB Internet Data Collection Package/Compatibility Evaluators Application Compatibility Manager Windows Vista Update Windows 7 Inventory Ichiro Greg
21. What is Standard User Analyzer? A tool to help IT Professionals and Developers understand issues preventing an application from running with Standard User privileges Based on Application Verifier
23. Internet Explorer Compatibility Test Tool Collects web-based compatibility issues for IE7 and IE8 at run-time Key Features: Logs issues silently as you browse through websites using IE7 / IE8 Provides details and links to more information about discovered compatibility issues List of issues detected is reviewed for each release of IE. We currently capture compatibility issues such as MIME Handling Exceptions, ActiveX Blocking, Codepage Sniffing and more.
28. Summing up.. AppCompat is a critical Process Microsoft takes this very seriously Lots of free tools available online to help with developers and IT Pros With all the work and leveraging Windows 7, You will know that, “ THE JUICE IS WORTH THE SQUEEZE !!”
29. References Chris Jackson - http://blogs.msdn.com/cjacks/ AppCompat VRT - www.microsoft.com/springboard Microsoft TechNet - technet.com/appcompat My Technical Blog - http://www.msigeek.com Follow me on Twitter at “msigeek”