New app lets old ones run on Vista
p2pnet news view | Products:- Bill and the Boyz, as was, tried to force Vista down everyone’s throats, but failed, one of the principle reasons being: for some strange reason, customers were upset by the fact older Windows applications wouldn’t run on it.
Was Microsoft was hoping to score a lot of side money by forcing people to buy programmes that were compatible with the new operating system?
Only The Shadow knows, but meanwhile, the company is now touting the first public beta of a tool that solves the problem.
MED-V is short for Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization and a beta is now publicly available, says the Official MDOP Blog, “your source for all things related to the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack!”
In it comes a message from Ran Oelgiesser, senior product manager, who says MED-V 1.0 is available to anyone who cares to register for a download.
With MED-V 1.0, “you can easily create, deliver and centrally manage virtual Windows XP or 2000 environments (based on Microsoft Virtual PC 2007), and help your users to run legacy applications on their Windows Vista desktops,” Oelgiesser promises.
No need to wait for the testing and migration of those pesky incompatible applications to complete, he says, adding:
“The final version of MED-V 1.0 is slated to release in the second quarter of this year as a part of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack. As you know, the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) is a suite of virtualization and management technologies that extends the Windows platform by enabling user productivity anywhere, greater IT control of the desktop, and streamlined PC management.”
Click here for the MED-V site.
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January 16th, 2009 at 11:38 am
It’s not the apps that are the problem, it’s the drivers.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
I have never had a single problem with Vista, of course I have never ran it either… maybe that’s why.
January 17th, 2009 at 2:06 am
What I want is a way to run 32-bit printer drivers in 64-bit environment. For all those old printers that they didn’t bother to make Vista or x64 drivers for.