This GUI tool provides an interface for browsing and editing the
Windows XP Professional compatibility fix database as well as
creating custom .sdb fixes that can be deployed to other users.
CompatAdmin also provides a search capability that will locate
fixed applications on a system or networked drives.
Each phase of changing access control can take a day or longer
to complete and verify, and requires significant amounts of system
resources and administrator time.
You can use CompatAdmin to test and apply one or more of the
139 fixes available in the operating system, although QFixApp offers a superior interface for testing
and applying fixes.
Applications that worked on earlier versions of Windows may fail
to function properly on Windows XP Professional. There are
several reasons that this may happen:
The application refuses to run when Windows reports new, higher
operating system version numbers. Often the application will work
well on the new version of Windows if the user can get past this
block in the application.
The application calls older versions of Win32 API functions
that return unexpected values on computers with large amounts of
resources, such as disk free space.
The application expects older formats of Windows data.
The application expects user information, such as personal and
temporary folders, to be in specific locations or specific
formats.
