Microsoft has published a knowledge base article with a list of programs that are known to experience a loss of functionality when they run on a computer running Windows Vista SP1.

In the article Microsoft stated: “Windows Vista SP1 is an important update and contains many security, reliability, and feature updates for Windows Vista. A program may experience a loss of functionality after you install Windows Vista SP1. However, most programs will continue to work as expected after you install Windows Vista SP1”.

They continued “This article should not be considered a comprehensive list of programs that experience loss of functionality when they run on a Windows Vista SP1-based computer”

“If you are using a program that appears in this article, you may have to contact the software vendor for more information”.

For enterprise users with large networks backwards compatibility issues may be experienced and indepth testing may be needed prior to upgrade deployment

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