What will Microsoft do to prevent the Vista horror of incompatible drivers when third party vendors do not release updated drivers?  <br/> <br/> Is there any intent to create backwardly compatible driver usage in a compatibility mode?  <br/> <br/> Compatibility mode has not worked well on my Win7 testing system which is an older AMD system.© 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:06:46 Z0f770a59-3453-4d60-b7c7-5860f8186024http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/TNPlans/thread/0f770a59-3453-4d60-b7c7-5860f8186024#0f770a59-3453-4d60-b7c7-5860f8186024http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/TNPlans/thread/0f770a59-3453-4d60-b7c7-5860f8186024#0f770a59-3453-4d60-b7c7-5860f8186024marynjonhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=marynjonWhat will Microsoft do to prevent the Vista horror of incompatible drivers when third party vendors do not release updated drivers?  <br/> <br/> Is there any intent to create backwardly compatible driver usage in a compatibility mode?  <br/> <br/> Compatibility mode has not worked well on my Win7 testing system which is an older AMD system.Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:52:59 Z2009-06-01T13:52:59Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/TNPlans/thread/0f770a59-3453-4d60-b7c7-5860f8186024#ef822ecf-3cfc-41b3-acc7-0f0e71f440bdhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/TNPlans/thread/0f770a59-3453-4d60-b7c7-5860f8186024#ef822ecf-3cfc-41b3-acc7-0f0e71f440bdJoelbXhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=JoelbXThe &quot;horror&quot; of incompatible drivers is up to the manufacturer of the device. All MS can do is provide to you the drivers. If a manufacturer decides not to release a updated driver, there will be no updated driver. The good thing is that Vista drivers are compatible with win7.<br/> <br/> And then what older AMD system do you have and what drivers are you attempting to install? Compat. mode is designed to make older drivers work, not the opposite.<br/><hr class="sig">Hello! Please <i>reply back, promptly if possible</i> with the results to solutions to your problem!<br/><br/><a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/9038c21f-5184-468c-bf5b-9f54bca70c5c">Curious about Win7 min. system requirements?</a><br/><a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprohardware/thread/243faae6-75c9-40f9-b946-100befe4b6f3">Readme for older ATI graphics cards or Intel onboard graphics and Windows 7 users</a><br/><a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/702d4ffc-cd4a-4fb2-96d3-6d2f75ea95cb">Windows 7 tips</a><br/> - JoelbXWed, 19 Aug 2009 02:06:46 Z2009-08-19T02:06:46Z