Vista: To Work Or Not To Work? That Is The Question

[Max™]

here's a list of the programs that DO NOT WORK and those that do (so they say, but im not holding my breath)

x86

Does not work:

Alcohol 120%
Audacity (installs but crashes to BSOD on opening a MP3 file)
Avast! AntiVirus Home Edition v4.7.871 and below
Folding@Home- GUI installer starts and silently quits.
Google Toolbar 4.0.1019
kaspersky av 6.0.0.300
mgiciso
nero 7.2.7.0 (Nero 6.6.1.4 works for some-not for others)
Nero 7.2.3.2
Norton Internet Security 2006
Norton AV 2006
Roxio DVDMax (probable conflict with Win Player or Media Center)
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2 (no OpenGL support)
Sunbelt Kero Firewall
Videora iPod Converter (install hangs on dotnetfx.exe)

x64

Does not work:

Avant Browser 10.2 Build 52 (Installs but cannot open anything but the homepage)
Audigy Drivers for beta 2 (WFSNFO)
Comodo FirewallVersion 2.3.4
Comodo AntiVirus - DANGEROUS PROGRAM!! Cannot be uninstalled and does not fully work - plus it killed the Internet connectivity
Dirt Track Racing 2 (Graphic Problem)
DivX (px.dll error) (If anyone else doesn't have this problem let notify us)
Flat Out 2 (Direct X 9 Error)
Microsoft Lifecam software-installer check block
Nascar Racing 2003 Season (graphics are all garbled up)
Nascar SimRacing-Cube3D crashes out (EA SPorts)
NOD32
Oblivion-can't get it to install
Slimbrowser 4.07 Build 100 (Will not work "Maximized", but will work otherwise)

x86

Works:

Acronis True Image Workstation 9.1 v3718 w/Universal Restore
AdawareSE 1.06
Adobe Acrobat 3D
Adobe Photoshop CS2
Adobe Reader 7.0
Adobe Suite CS2
AI RoboForm 6.78
AIM 5.9
AnyDVD
Ashampoo burning studio 6.20
Audigy 2 ZS Drivers for Beta 2
Audigy 4 Drivers for Vista Beta2
AusLogic Disk Defragmenter 1.0 (And it's FREE!!)
Avast! AntiVirus v4.7.883
AvCataloger
AVG Free Antivirus
Azureus 2.5.0.0 (when you start a download it turns off Aero if you are running it and turns it back on when you exit the program)
BearShare Pro 5.2.5.1
Belarc Advisor
BitComet 0.7
Blender 3D
Broken Sword-Angel of Death
Cam Studio
CCleaner v1.32.345
CloneDVD2
CopyToDVD 3
Cucusoft AVI-DVD converter Pro 7.07
CureRom 2.0.3.3
Cyberlink PowerDVD 7 ( Deluxe Version )
Daemon Tools 3.02
Daemon Tools 3.44
Daemon Tools 4.06 with SPTD driver version 1.29
DiskAction2
Direct Show Dump Utility v0.1.1029.0 (Requires Net Framework)
DivX Create Bundle v6.0 ( Includes Divx Codec, DivX Player, DivX Converter )
DU Meter 3.07 Build 200
Dungeon Siege II
Everest Home edition
ExPressIT CD/DVD Software
First Defense-ISR
Flashget
F-Prot AntiVirus 3.16f
Flash 7
Flock 0.7.4
Garmin City Navigator v8 DVD
Google Earth Pro 4
Google Toolbar 3.0
Halo PC
HddLed 1.7
iTunes 6.0
iTunes 7.0 (IT HAS AERO GLASS!!!)
iPod Software
Logitech Setpoint drivers (Microsoft and Logitech acceleration settings conflict with eachother so set Logitech's to "none")
Macromedia Dreamweaver 8
Macromedia Flash Pro 8
Madden 2005
Magic File Renamer
Media Player 11
Microsoft Office 2003 Suite
Microsoft Office 2007 Beta 2
Microsoft Office Communicator
MS Streets and Trips 2006
Microsoft Visio 2003
Microsoft Money 2006
mIRC 6.14 (SysReset 2.53)
mirc 6.17
Motorola Phone Tools
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.5
Nero 6.6.1.4 & Nero Express
Netscape 8.1
NetSnippets
Newsleecher
Nokia pc suite
Oblivion
Opera 9.02
PC-cillin Internet Security 14
PeerGuardian 2.0 RC1
Photodex Proshow Producer
PicturesToExe, v.4.48 & 5.0 beta5
Pixresizer
PowerDVD 6/7 Terrible sound quality even though the program works; Windows Vista does state that PowerDVD 6 or 7 is a problem program
PowerISO v2.9
Pronto Edit
PSTSync
Quicken Willmaker Plus 2006
Quicken Home and Business 2007
Quicktime Alternative 1.4.6
Quicktime 6 (works but with known incompatibility issues)
Quicklink Mobile Phonebook
QuickPar
Registry Mechanic 5.1.0.224
RealVNC 4.2.6
Remote Administrator v2.2
Rise of Legends
Recovery My Files v3.97
Roxio Easy Media Creator 8 (Throws up an error at start of some programs like Disc Copier but works perfect anyhow)
Ripcast 1.9 (Get Debug errors on loading but select no and app runs fine)
Roxio Creator 7 (after installing 7.1 patch and XP compatility)
Screamer Radio
Shrinkto5
Skype
SnagIt 6
Star Wars Empire at War (note: use Windows XP compatibility mode on both setup.exe and the actual game exe for it to work)
Stepmania CVS 4.0 Beta
Storage Crypt v2.0
Superflexible File Synchornizer v3.07 build 403
Surething CD/DVD Software
Text Aloud latest version
The Sims 2
Tivo Desktop 2.3a
Trillian 3.1 Pro/Basic
Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 14 - Will not update, may be a problem with Trend servers, ATM
Ulead Movie Factory
Visual Studio 2005 Professional
VistaBootPRO 2.1
Virtual clone Drive version 5.1.3.1
VLC Media Player 0.8.2
UltraISO v7.6.1
warcraft 3
Winamp 5.24
WinAVI Video Converter v7.5 ( Standard Edition )
Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0812.00
Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta 8.0.0932
WinRar 3.51
WS_FTP Pro 9.01 (Possible issues for some users)
Yahoo Messenger 8.0

x64

Works:

5.2 Producer
Adobe Acrobat 3D
Adobe Creative Suite CS2
Adobe Premiere 1.5
Ares
ATI Control Panel
Autocad 2007
Avast! AntiVirus 4.7.871 and above
BitComet 0.70 (0.71 seems to work okay...but a lot of downloads fail)
Cakewalk Sonar 5.0.1
Cakewalk Sonar 5.1
Canon Zoombrowser EX 5.7
Daemon Tools 4.06 with SPTD driver version 1.29
DC++ (latest)
Deskpdf 2.5
eTrust Antivirus r7.1 (enterprise version) - unsigned driver will be updated
Filezilla (latest)
Firefox 2 Beta 2
Flatout 2 (pre installed on separate partition, needed to google and download a dx .dll and copy into install directory)
Flock 0.7.4
Folding@Home
Goldwave
GraphEdit
iTunes (no aero)
Logitech SetPoint (latest)
Macromedia Studio 8
Madden 2005
Media Player Classic (latest)
Messenger Plus! Live
Microsoft Office 2007 Beta 2
Office Beta 2 Technical Refresh
Microsoft Windows Live Messenger
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.5
Nero 6.6.14
oDC 5.31
Powershot A400 Camera Driver
Registry Mechanic
SmartFTP
Snagit 7.03 works for screen capture
StrongDC++ 2.01
Thunderbird 2 Alpha 1
Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 14 - UPDATES WORK TOO
Ultraiso 8
uTorrent 1.6
VMWare Workstation 5.5.x works IF you disable driver signing on boot with F8
Winamp 5.24
WinRAR 3.60
WinRAR 1.5
Winamp 5.24
Winace 2.6
WLM 8.1 Beta

[SamSeeSam]

LMAO

what does work then?

Cheers

[Skylark]

Does WinMx  work on windows vista?

[KM]

that depends on how you define working

some people have reported it working without problems, others report it works except on secondary the connection resets every 30 seconds, and 1 report of the secondary issue with also an inability to stay in chat rooms... yet some find it works flawlessly without any problems

[Max™]

Hi All,
just a quick update, a friend and host Tiger has Vista, he said his WinMX does not fall or reset connection and FXS1.3.10 works with no problems, also i asked him to test WCS1.8b8 and he said that works with no obvious problems, it stays stable and he stayed in room along with the Zenabot B1 that seems to work well in FXS & WCS on Vista,
this is some good news,

[TheMacDaddy]

i am running Vista Home Premium on my spare pc   i have now had Winmx 3.53 and wcs and ouka running with no issues at all
Winmx both primary and secondary
i am on highspeed net (24meg/1.5meg) and on a router (setting ports with no issue)
i have found that bendmx 399a2 and 399a3 wont work with vista (dont know if anyone can or even wishes to do something about this)
i havent tested mxmoni or leech hammer yet  but i will and i will get bk to you as to how i get on

[Lagerlout666]

Well aol didnt work either but they have released a patch to make it work lmao. i look forward to trying vista for a afternoon rigt before i switch to linux. bye bye billy crap i wont be using M$ crap ever again.

[KM]

bendmx won't work, neither will RCMS, this is due to the fact that vista has IE7... it's the same thing that was with the previous patch versions using winsock shims

the only way to resolve the issue with either of those is with a rewrite... (of course much of the working code could be copy/pasted, but it would be on top of a different base)

[TheMacDaddy]

and would you be ale to do this sir ?

i forsee a Mars Bar and Bottle Of Vodka on offer ?

[Tyler]

I'm actually running WinMX w/ MXMonitor & WCS on Vista with very few problems -- been doing so since Beta 2. =) WinMX sometimes crashes but it isn't too frequent. Funny thing though, when it does crash and you send the crash data to MS is comes back and tells you that there are known compatability issues with WinMX on Vista and you should go to vladd44.com for the patch!

[GhostShip]

It also claims that Vladd is the owner of the software,  so I think someone has been making fraudulant claims somewhere and its not something anyone here is likly to have claimed.

More lies from those trying to profit from winmx users again.

Please post the link here so I can pass it to the p2p news sites, they like a good laugh.


Thus far it seems many users have been able to use mx on Vista but there are some incompatibilites that need ironing out in individual systems, some claiming that all fine and others that its broken, lets hear from those who have it working and a breif outline of their machine specs and primary software, that would be helpful in locating any rogue or conflicting apps.   

[Update]
This is the offending link.

http://wer.microsoft.com/responses/Response.aspx/207/en-gb/0.0.0000.0.00000000.0.0?SGD=e1868718-d4b8-45f5-bb10-dd5d53f31265

Im sure you all know that the guy who actually wrote the winmx software is called Kevin Hearn and he is president of the company he runs called "winmx technologies" in canada ( previously called "frontcode technology"), some people it seems are desperate to steal others credit and reading the errror above makes me feel contempt for those claiming as their own the work of others.

[GhostShip]

Folks can we help each other now and post WinMX with Vista problems here.

https://forum.winmxworld.com/index.php/board,45.0.html

If you could follow the guidlines in how you post rather than just saying you "have a problem" we can help deliver a solution earlier.

Thanks folks 

[bughunter]

the question is how did maggot boy vladd manage to claim to micrsoft that he was the owner of winmx..............
one what vladd has done is illegal........
two shows how stupid microsoft are that they didnt even bother to verify that maggot boy is the actuall owner.........
perhaps we should advise kevin that his software has been frauduatly stolen by vladd and claimed as his own..............
maggot boy and the rest of the cast of bottom feeders deserve to end up in court for theft, wonder how quick maggot boy will be to deny that he isnt the owner..........or even better still advise macrovision that vladd is the owner of p2p software that is deleberatly stealing copywrite soft..................
i see no reason given the tactics now being employed by pie why open warfare shouldnt be under taken by those who actually are running winmx and not those who consistantly are trying to profit from something that is free...........
first shot in this war has been the removal of the block list for public access................
second will be the deliberate blocking of those who are not dll patched...........why should km constantly have to prop up a failing cache and those that use it.............
pie maggots can use every low down trick they like in the end they will still be gone from this network..............
if pie had any respect for the community they would leave as the community have rejected pie .....and in that there is no argument, pie is a failure...........just like the rubbish april and co are trying to put together for the sole purpose of making a dollar, and not for the benefit of winmx users..............winmx and any client that connects to it are free and any attempt to introduce a client that users have to pay for will be rejected no matter wat bells and whistles it may have...............

[Lagerlout666]

Information is wrong. Vladd didint make winmx a bloke called Kevin Hearn and he is president of the company he runs called "winmx technologies" in canada ( previously called "frontcode technology"

I would update this and the right link is
https://www.winmxgroup.com/

This site doesnt charge for something that is was free in the first place. That address is a scam site!!!!!!!!!!!

Thier if you click the link to supply information is wrong. just put that in, im sure they will soon change it. Everyone who can please go post thier and get it put right!!!!