Solution providers using the new version of Windows Vista have reported many incompatibility problems.  Microsoft Vista was launched with its update Windows Vista Application Compatibility Update on January 30th.

Solution providers are concerned about the early compatibility issues and predict more problems in the future.  Many state that the biggest problem with Vista is the lack of drivers for important hardware components and peripherals.

Customers upgrading Vista, according to solution providers are going to have an issue trying to support their current hardware.  Many vendors have not completed Vista drivers, which has made the program difficult to run on many systems.

The following are the 10 greatest problems with Microsoft Vista according to solution providers:

1.    A shortage of available drivers from ISVs that cause application incompatibilities;

2.     A shortage of drivers for current and new peripherals and hardware items;   

3.    Drivers with a lot of bugs;

4.    A new security feature that interrupts service by detecting existing, non-dangerous and often important applications as suspicious;

5.    Virtually no other applications besides Vista and Office 2007 make use of user account control;

6.    A confusing ribbon-like user interface;

7.    Vista automatically makes recommendations to solution providers about which Vista versions are best for the particular PC configuration, which means small businesses may download entirely different versions;

8.    When Vista and Office 2007 run simultaneously, the benefits are unclear, and solution providers and IT staff thus need additional training to fully use the programs;

9.    Deployment isn’t very easy, so solutions have to use Business Desktop Deployment or some other tool;

10.    Most types of hardware don’t run Vista efficiently.

Added By:  Joshua Feinberg