Launch was an awfully concerned one with abundance of issues which rapidly formed an extremely negative representation for this operating system. Six months subsequent to its launch, we ran an investigation to spot the top troubles users were deal with. The results were extremely clear. Our readers alleged that the top issue was the lack of appropriate drivers (36% of votes) as well as software compatibility problem (36% of votes). These two, combined with a very weak offering of security solutions seriously impacted their user experience.

In this article I will go throughout all of these areas as well as share with you the existing position on Windows Vista plus the outlook for the future Windows 7 launch. Will Windows 7 share the similar issues at launch?

Lack of Proper Drivers - No Longer a Problem

In the former year after Windows Vista was promoted to the customers universally, the lack of suitable drivers for universal hardware components like graphic as well as sound cards, scanners plus printers was an actual trouble which had very little solutions. At the moment you could only expect that the producer will release a well-matched driver as soon as feasible or, if you have an old scanner or else printer, you could purchase a latest one that had a well-matched driver for Windows Vista.

Today most hardware components have well-suited driver versions for Windows Vista. If you don't have components elder than 3-4 years, chances are extremely less for you to have driver troubles on Windows Vista. But, to be in no doubt, you can explore on Windows Vista Compatibility Center to observe if a section is well-suited with Windows Vista. Yet if you have all the drivers well-matched with Windows Vista don't overlook to keep them reorganized either by visiting the producer website once for every month or else by using an automatic solution like Pareto Logical Driver Cure or else Driver Scanner 2009.

In fact Hardware Company learned a lot from the skill with Windows Vista's launch. We by now have Windows 7 WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Labs) licensed drivers for nVidia as well as ATI graphic cards. Even Creative, well-known for its Windows Vista driver fiasco, liberated a Windows 7 - Driver accessibility Chart which demonstrates the time program for when every sound card driver will be obtainable. At this instance there are beta drivers accessible for the best part of the sound cards created by Creative, which is a extremely hopeful sign.


Application Compatibility Issues - No Longer a Problem

When Windows Vista was promoted, there was lots of normally used software with compatibility problem, from security solutions to CD/DVD burning software. Many of the incompatibilities were suitable to the recently launched.

At present there are hardly any software left which still have compatibility issues. The huge mass of software producer has latest versions of their software which runs on Windows Vista. If you still come across software that is unsuited with Windows Vista you can try to run those applications in Windows XP SP2 compatibility mode. You can also visit Windows Vista Compatibility Center to make out if there are latest versions which runs on Windows Vista. At last, don't ignore to carry on all your softwares updated with Update Notifier.

Windows 7 seems to be by now all set for launch when it comes to the accessibility of well-matched software. Sharing the similar core as Windows Vista, it means that approximately all (if not all) software’s which run on Windows Vista will run on Windows 7. We've installed on test versions of Windows 7 applications which we make use of every day as well as all of them worked with no troubles.

Lack of Third Party Security Solutions - No Longer a Problem

When Windows Vista was promoted, there was not even a single good third party security resolution obtainable. But, in the forthcoming months things got recovered as well as in the present day we can select from plenty of security solutions.

Even if Windows 7 is not yet launched, we by now have third party security solutions to select from: Kaspersky Antivirus 2009, BitDefender Internet Security 2009, Eset NOD32, Avira Antivir Personal, Norton Antivirus 2009, McAfee Total Protection Beta, and Avast! Home Edition, AVG, etc. To get the majority up to date list, you can visit the Windows 7 security software provider’s page from Microsoft which contains security software solutions experienced on the Windows 7 Beta.

Conclusion

More than two years have passed ever since the release of Windows Vista as well as even if there are citizens still unwilling to accept this operating system, we can declare that all the main troubles are resolved for fairly some time.

Concerning Windows 7's readiness, sharing the similar core as Windows Vista has formed a huge foundation for a victorious launch. With Windows 7 users won't have so numerous issues as all huge problems have been fixed all through Windows Vista's lifetime. We actually don't observe several reasons why Windows 7 won't have a very victorious start.

Now, that I've shared our team's belief we would like to know what you believe. Will the launch of Windows 7 be a success or not?