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Is Your Third-Party Software Compatible with Windows 7?

Posted October 15th, 2009 by admin

We realize that many of you have questions about whether your current software applications will run on Windows 7. Therefore we have contacted the organizations that provide desktop software donations through TechSoup for their Windows 7 compatibility statements – their information, statements, and/or links are provided below.

** If you are using software that is not provided by a company listed below, please contact the provider directly for their Windows 7 compatibility statement.

The following information will be updated as we receive it from our partners.

Software Donor Windows 7 Compatibility Information
Adobe Adobe to publish statement on Adobe.com on October 22.
Alpha Alpha Software confirms that Alpha Five will run on Windows 7.
Atlas Business Solutions (ABS) Atlas Business Solutions has certified that Staff Manager will run on Windows 7. Staff Manager has been tested for a clean install of Windows 7. VSS Pro 10 will not work with Windows 7 because of an issue with the printer driver.
   
Bytes of Learning Bytes of Learning warrants that UltraKey 5.0 is compatible with Windows 7.Free updates for UltraKey 5.0 are available on our web site for all customers, including TechSoup clients. Bytes of Learning makes best efforts to ensure the compatibility of our products, and we regularly provide updated releases. However, the infinite number of configurations that can exist in the market, and the fact we cannot control the actions of operating system producers or other software producers who may or may not adhere to industry standards, prevent us from ever guaranteeing our software works in every situation.
Concentric Information Pending
Giftworks GiftWorks has tested and verified that GiftWorks 2010 will run on Windows 7. GiftWorks 2010 has been tested on clean installations of Windows 7 Ultimate (RC1) and upgrades from Vista Business to Windows 7 Ultimate (RC1) with both, clean installations of GiftWorks and existing installations of GiftWorks. GiftWorks 2010 has not been tested in XP Compatibility Mode. System requirements for GiftWorks 2010 are listed here.
ICWFD Information Pending
Intuit Canada Intuit has provided this information and this resource for QuickBooks.
Mailshell Information Pending
Microsoft Microsoft provides compatibility packs for its various products. The compatibility pack for Office applications can be found here.
For all other Microsoft products, please refer to the Microsoft website for further details.
Red Earth Policy Patrol 6 Remote Administration has been tested on a clean Windows 7 Professional installation and we can verify that it can be installed on Windows 7, however it is not possible to install Policy Patrol server on Windows 7. For further information, please refer to this KB Article.
SAP SAP will support Window 7 in Aurora Xcelsius (i.e. release with XI 4), but we currently don't have a plan/date to add support to Xcelsius 2008.
Soc Nonprofit Orgs SNPO will be posting a Windows 7 compatibility statement here.
Symantec NAV and NIS and the FAQ tab has this chart about compatibility for all the desktop products.
Here's another relevant page about how to approach an upgrade.
Telosa All versions of Exceed! Basic will run on Windows 7, but we recommend only running versions of Basic 2.x and beyond (on all platforms) because of various fixes around newer versions of Office. Telosa will be updating their systems requirements page shortly.
WebGecko Information Pending
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