Vista solves XP SP2 problem

This week one of my colleagues visited a client at the university of Antwerp to upgrade their installation of Sevensteps software. They were still using version 4.x (which we developed some 5 years ago). It was really time for them to upgrade to the current state of our engine.

Version 4.x suffered from the Windows XP Service Pack 2 upgrade - in fact that upgrade broke our software big time. It was then decided to do a complete remake of our software and version 5 was born. It was a major upgrade for us as you can imagine but one that we didn't regret for a single moment.

Much to our surprise we found in Antwerp that installing version 4.x on Vista generated a Windows error message, stating that the problems were known and if we wanted an update for it. After confirming that - we just were too curious to find out what MS had in store for us - some downloading occured, a new OCX was installed and presto: version 4.x performed as well as it ever did, and some....

So, Vista not only takes you to a next level on Windows, it also solved our old problems. A bit late, I must admit, but it is nice to now that customers with old versions of our software can still us it under Vista.


Bye,
Bart