Description Of The Windows Vista Versions That Are Supported Together With Microsoft Dynamics GP 9

Description of the Windows Vista versions that are supported together with Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0

INTRODUCTION This article describes the versions of the Windows Vista operating system that are supported together with Microsoft Dynamics GP. This article also lists the prerequisites for running Microsoft Dynamics GP on a computer that is running Windows Vista.

MORE INFORMATION The following versions of the Windows Vista operating system are supported together with Microsoft Dynamics GP:

• Windows Vista Business

• Windows Vista Enterprise

• Windows Vista Ultimate

To run Microsoft Dynamics GP on a computer that is running Windows Vista, you must satisfy the following prerequisites:

• Turn off User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista before you install Microsoft Dynamics GP. To turn off UAC, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. Under User Account and Family settings, click Add or Remove User Account. 3. Click one of the user accounts that you want to change, and then click Go to the main User Account page under the user account. 4. Under Make changes to your user account, click Change security settings. 5. Under Turn on User Account Control (UAC) to make your computer more secure, clear the Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer option. 6. Click OK. 7. When you are prompted, restart the computer.

Note If you do not want to turn off UAC, you can install Microsoft Dynamics GP into another folder that is not under the Program Files folder. For example, the default installation path of Microsoft Dynamics GP is as follows:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics\GP

Instead, install Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 in the following path:

C:\GP90

• Install Microsoft Dynamics GP by using a login that has a local administrator role on the computer.

• FRx 6.7 Service Pack 8 and earlier versions are currently incompatible with Windows Vista. FRx 6.7 Service Pack 9 will be compatible with Windows Vista.

• Integration Manager is currently incompatible with Windows Vista.

• The US Payroll Tax Engine under Help | About Microsoft Dynamics GP or under Help | About Microsoft Business Solutions - Great Plains is incompatible with Windows Vista. You must install the US Payroll tax update on a computer that is not running Windows Vista.

• To obtain the US Payroll Year End Update for Microsoft Great Plains 8.0 for Windows Vista, contact Technical Support for Microsoft Dynamics at (888) 477-7877.

• Windows Vista supports only Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or a later version. Microsoft SQL Server 2000 cannot be installed on a Windows Vista computer. A Windows Vista computer can connect to an instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or Microsoft SQL Server 2000. For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/faq-sql_on_vista.mspx

• Windows Vista does not support the Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 software development kit (SDK).

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