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Microsoft Windows Vista Business
Preliminary Check

This computer was upgraded from Windows XP Professional.

Hardware:
OptiPlex GX620 Small Form Factor,Pentium D 820/2.8GHz Dual Core,2X 1M,800FSB
Dell USB Keyboard,No Hot Keys Optiplex
Dell USB 2-Button Entry Mouse with Scroll,Dell OptiPlex
1.0GB,Non-ECC,533MHz DDR2 2x512,OptiPlex GX620 or 520
24X CDRW/DVD Combo,Slimline with Cyberlink PowerDVD,Dell OptiPlex GX620 or GX520 Small Form Factor
Integrated AC97 Audio,OptiPlex
PCIe,256MB Graphics Card,Low Profile,VGA/DVI Adapter,Dual Monitor,Dell OptiPlex GX620 Small Form Factor or Desktop
3.5 inch, 1.44MB, Slimline Floppy Drive,OptiPlex GX620 orGX520
NTFS File System

160GB SATA 3.0Gb and 8MB Data Burst Cache,Dell OptiPlexGX620 or GX520
 
System Rating 3.6 Windows Experience

Application

Success

Comments

Adobe Creative Suite

Yes

 

Cisco VPN Client 4.6

No

Cisco has released a beta client for Windows Vista. As this is a beta release, neither Cisco nor UTS can provide software support for this product. Click here for more information.

Corporate Calendar

Yes

 

Corporate Calendar Sync for Palm    
Corporate Calendar Sync for BlackBerry    

Firefox 2.0

Yes

 

Hummingbird Host Explorer

Yes

You may need to check the server certificate to access MCMMVS1. Click here.

Ghost Corporate Edition version 8 No Vendor has released Ghost Solutions Suite 2.0 which has not been tested.
MacConnect Yes  
Macromedia Studio 8 Yes  

Microsoft Office 2003

Yes

 

Netscape 4.79

Yes

 

Office Server Shares

Yes

Check TCIP/IP settings. WINS must be set and NetBIOS enabled over TCP/IP.

Palm Desktop Yes See Palm's website

Pc-Pine 4.64

 

 

Sophos Anti-Virus

Yes

 

SSH Secure Shell 3.0

Yes

 

Thunderbird Yes  

Timbuktu

 

Vendor does not currently support Vista

WordPerfect Office 2002

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 
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