General Compatibility

General Compatibility contains topics that could have impacts on clients or on both clients and servers. Below is the list of topics covered in this section:

• 512-byte Emulation (512e) Disk Compatibility Update
• Operating System Versioning
• Removal of Windows Mail
• Removal of Windows Movie Maker
• NLS Sorting Changes
• Internet Explorer 8 - User Agent String
• Additional Windows Resource Protection on Registry Keys
• Removal of Microsoft Agent
• Using .NET Framework 4 with Applications Built on Earlier Versions
• AppInit_DLLs in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
• Removal of Windows Registry Reflection
• Removal of WPDUSB.SYS Driver for Windows Portable Devices
• Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) - SHA 2 Is the Default Hash Algorithm