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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:15 PM

It’s been a while since I’ve done a debugging post, and I thought it was about time I came back and did one again.

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:15 PM

When considering application compatibility, it turns out that there are a number of differences between the biggest chal...

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:15 PM

If you want to master app compat debugging, then I really only know of one approach: practice.

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:15 PM

From time to time, I get an email about Standard User Analyzer that includes a screenshot or a MessageBox text copy (you...

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:15 PM

One of the most common questions I get while working with enterprise customers is: should I leave Compatibility View tur...

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:15 PM

Getting customers off of Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) is certainly one of the priorities within Microsoft – how many other ...

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:15 PM

We recently announced that Internet Explorer 9 will be available starting Monday, March 14.

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:14 PM

For those of you who are attending MMS 2011 in Las Vegas next week, I have a couple of sessions I will be presenting the...

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:14 PM

Every now and then, I run into a customer situation where the ACT data collection agent causes an application on the des...

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:14 PM

I’ve never had a particular interest in being an actor, but if I ever did end up acting for whatever reason, I have a st...

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:14 PM

One of the things I notice quite a bit with the customers I work with is that they have this tendency to mitigate the ri...

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:14 PM

Well, the temperature reads 55 degrees, so I figure I can’t possibly be in Hotlanta, but, shockingly, indeed I am! It’s ...

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:14 PM

Hitting at the very top of my FAQ list is still, “hey, I just did a sync with the ACT Compatibility Exchange, and the ma...

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:14 PM

One query that comes in quite a bit from the IT Pro community around IE9 is this: what happened to the zone indication f...

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:14 PM

I haven’t done a recap post since TechReady 9 for some reason, but I figured it was about time to take a step back and t...

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:14 PM

In my ongoing efforts to clear out all of the low hanging fruit and leave behind all of the fun, gnarly, nerdy problems,...

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:14 PM

OK, so it’s not as famous as e=mc2, but here is the rule I apply for when to test an application for app compat.

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:14 PM

Don’t have enough cash to attend TechEd Australia? Well, if you were really looking forward to the app compat content, I...

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:14 PM

For those of you attending TechEd Australia, if you are interested in application compatibility, there are two sessions ...

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:14 PM

I had a question come up from a customer: so, IE9 JavaScript performance is faster, and IE9 has 4 different document mod...

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:13 PM

It’s only been 3 months since I last reported in on ACT vendor assessments, and some changes we made to improve the matc...

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:13 PM

There are a large number of tools available to assist you with application compatibility, and part of the challenge of b...

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:13 PM

Greg Lambert, the chief tech guy over at ChangeBase, responded to my recent blog post on how to best leverage tools, and...

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:13 PM

Here is an issue I see pop up sporadically, so I figured I would spend the time to dissect how it happens: an applicatio...

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:12 PM

Just to save you a search and a few clicks (and to save me time later), here are the versions of Java which support Wind...

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:12 PM

Next week, I’ll be kicking off my TechNet Webcasts: The IE6 – IE8 Upgrade Series.

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:12 PM

I’ve been spending a lot of time “getting to know” Internet Explorer lately, and one topic that I wanted to understand a...

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:12 PM

A while back, I had mentioned that we intend to update the Windows 7 Application Compatibility List around once every tw...

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:12 PM

At TechEd North America a few weeks ago, I had a chance to sit down with Keith Combs and talk about the current state of...

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Chris Jackson on Aug 14 2018 04:12 PM

A helpful tip I figured I would pass along… I keep copies of various older Microsoft operating systems around.

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