Your customer complains that some of his older Windows XP programs, particularly some games,
won’t work in Windows Vista. What should you recommend?

A.
That he buy Vista versions of those programs.

B.
That he dual boot XP and Vista in order to handle old and new programs.

C.
That he use the Windows Vista Compatibility Mode.

D.
Unfortunately he won’t be able to use those programs.

Explanation:

The Windows Vista Compatibility mode was created for just this sort of issue.
The application compatibility mode is a feature of Windows Vista. The compatibility mode allows
application installed on Windows Vista computer to run in an environment that emulates a previous
version of Windows. Windows Vista’s application compatibility mode can emulate the following
environments :
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows NT 4.0 (SP5)
Windows 2000
Windows XP (SP2)
Windows Server 2003 (SP1)
Note: Windows Vista compatibility mode works only for programs that are not part of Windows
Vista.
Answer option B is incorrect. Dual booting is more complex and in this case unnecessary.
Answer option A is incorrect. Eventually he may wish to buy Vista versions, but he can run the XP
versions now with the Windows Vista Compatibility mode.
Answer option D is incorrect. He can use the old XP programs.
Reference: “http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/bf416877-c83f-4476-a3da-
8ec98dcf5f101033.mspx”