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Is Visual Basic compatible with Windows Vista?

10 New Member
Hi,
I'm told that visual basic is not supported under Windows Vista. Can anyone tell me more?

David
Mar 28 '07 #1
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spud379
11 New Member
Hi,
I'm told that visual basic is not supported under Windows Vista. Can anyone tell me more?

David
hi

I have visual studio 2005 and vb seems to work fine on my vista os
Mar 28 '07 #2
yoda
291 Contributor
Hi,
I'm told that visual basic is not supported under Windows Vista. Can anyone tell me more?

David
i think it does but i could be wrong but maybe wat u heard was a rumor.

Yoda
Mar 28 '07 #3
adeebraza
20 New Member
Hi,
I'm told that visual basic is not supported under Windows Vista. Can anyone tell me more?

David
Hi
I have visual studio 2006 and visual basic 6.0 seems to work fine on my vista os
May be your Vista installation or some drivers are missing. Reinstall Vista by
Original Pack only. Thanks
Adeeb
Mar 29 '07 #4
Dököll
2,364 Recognized Expert Top Contributor
Read this:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vbrun/ms788708.aspx

Looks like you can still have fun with your VB 6 :-)

Dököll
Mar 29 '07 #5
khushtarzia
8 New Member
Hi,
I'm told that visual basic is not supported under Windows Vista. Can anyone tell me more?

David
Hi
Click on the following links & know more n more about Visual Basic
supports from Microsoft.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vbrun/default.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vbrun/ms788708.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/support/

Khushtar Zia
Mar 29 '07 #6
adeebraza
20 New Member
Hi,
I'm told that visual basic is not supported under Windows Vista. Can anyone tell me more?

David
Hi
In case of any problem with Windows Vista & Visual Basic You can also take help from Microsoft Assisted Support......
Links are as under
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/def...=3&gprid=3041&
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/def...1&gprid=344272
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa948853.aspx
Adeeb Raza
Mar 29 '07 #7
im a student n its true that visual basic is not compatible with vista home edition ( i have genuine software) besides i tried doing almost everything i could to run visual basic on it (don't want to partition my disk to install winxp juz for the sake of running vb). it did install but wudn't give output and have a dialog box displayed stating , " it has known compatibility problem"
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