Alright i have the final release of Vista Ultimate installed on my machine here at work (msdn release) and doing some testing.
i've noticed now the old Windows Messenger WILL install and run (beta's it wouldnt install) but has known compatibility issues as i've noticed it will work for a while but will frequently crash. This i was expecting as it was noted it will no longer be supported on OS's after XP.
My issue is my company using Live Communication Server (SIP Accounts) for an internal messenging system and Windows Messenger v 5.1 was the only program i could find that would provide us with the means of setting up the appropriate SIP account. Does anyone know if Microsoft has a followup program that is supposed to work with this? I know Trillian has a plugin that will work with it and i was using that myself but for a company as a whole it is not feasible to upgrade everyone to Trillian Pro (needed for the SIP plugin).
Also, another issue i found is the 2003 Server Admin pack (installs admin tools such as Active Directory for Users and Computers) will install but many tools are not compatible with Vista. the main one I am having an issue with is AD for Users and Computers. Telling me that the snap in cannot initialize or something like that. Is this a known issue as well and if so are there any version slotted for release that are meant to resolve or replace?
any help with this would be greatly appreciated as we are looking to start rolling out Vista to our developers for testing in the near future.
thanks

seriously no one that has come across this???

AD user and computers should work fine.

I have Vista Enterprise currently installed on my work laptop i'm actually replying to you.
It is working fine currently.

as for Messenger...i'm having a similar issue as you.

Company is using Windows Messenger Server (SIP accounts) and all clients have v5.1.
Live doesn't support SIP and 5.1 doesn't support Vista (always crashing)

Urlryn

Originally Posted by Urlryn

AD user and computers should work fine. I have Vista Enterprise currently installed on my work laptop i'm actually replying to you. It is working fine currently. as for Messenger...i'm having a similar issue as you. Company is using Windows Messenger Server (SIP accounts) and all clients have v5.1. Live doesn't support SIP and 5.1 doesn't support Vista (always crashing) Urlryn

really? ad users and computers works for you? i am able to get SOME of the admin tools to run (ie DNS) but when i try to run ad users & computers it says it cannot create the snappin)
any ideas?? could you maybe point me to the install pack you are using ?
ya the messenger issue is a pain in the butt. runs in vista final release but crashes frequently

I believe the one we have up on the network is Windows 2003 Server Adminpak.

Opening ADUC I goto help and about and its showing version 5.2.3790.1830 (hopefully thats just not the MMC version)

Hopefully that helps

Urlryn

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awesome! thanks you very much for the help!

as for the ADUC, still no luck. just tells me it cannot load the snap-in. thanks anyways though. maybe i could try re-installing from a new install package if i can find one