Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.0 is released!

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Today the final version of the Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.0 was released. If you are already familiar with ACT 5.0 make sure you download the new bits and the refreshed product guide here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en >>.

For people new to ACT, it is a single toolset that can help detect, diagnose, and mitigate compatibility issues found in Windows Vista or Windows Updates.

You can deploy ACT in your current environment, Windows 2000 or Windows XP and get an inventory of your applications and see how they'll work with Windows Vista or Windows Updates. Other highlights include the Standard User Analyzer (SUA) tool; there have been many changes made to improve overall security and reliability in Windows Vista, and this tool looks for possible issues resulting from those changes for users running as Standard Users. There's also the new Internet Explorer 7 Test Tool to test apps for use with the latest version of Internet Explorer, and the Setup Analysis Tool which detects issues your setup packages might have with installing on Windows Vista. Finally, IT Pros can use the new and improved Compatibility Administrator to pull compatibility fixes from a database of existing fixes and apply them to apps one-by-one, or in predefined groups.

Overall, this toolkit is going to be a huge timesaver for the IT Pro community and a great resource for developers to analyze and test their apps. Even if you are just starting to think about planning or deploying Windows Vista, you should download ACT 5.0 and start taking an inventory of your current environment so can scope your workload and be ready to go when the time is right for your company.



If you are upgrading from ACT 5.0 RC1 to ACT 5.0 RTW release, please read:
Due to an inconsistent MSI naming convention between the RC1 and RTW releases of the Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) 5.0, you may receive Error 1316 when upgrading from the RC1 version to the final RTW version of ACT 5.0.

To work around this issue, you can:
· Modify the MSI name during the download process.
-OR-
· Completely remove the RC1 version and then perform a clean installation of the RTW version.




IMPORTANT Your database is not affected by this error. You will still be able to upgrade from RC1 to the RTW release without any data integrity issues.




To modify the MSI name during download

1. From the RC1 version of ACT 5.0, click Upgrade Now when prompted.
The Download New ACT Version dialog box appears.

2. Modify the Download location text box so that the MSI name is Application_Compatibility_Toolkit.msi (adding underscores instead of the default spaces).

3. Click Download.
The upgrade process begins and proceeds as expected.

Thanks,
ACT Team

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