Microsoft has released a compatibility update for Windows XP. Thanks Mark.

Windows XP is designed to support additional applications after it has been installed. The Windows XP Application Compatibility Update is a package of software updates that address common application issues, helping Windows XP either to support these applications or helping to avoid common issues users may experience with these applications. Microsoft recommends downloading this compatibility update if you are having problems with one of the applications this update is designed to support.

This update addresses the following applications:
Post-It Notes 2.1 (3M Software Media)
Pagemaker 6.5 Plus (Adobe Systems, Inc.)
American Deerhunting 2000 (Interplay Productions)
Bicycle Totally Cool Card Pack (Expert Software, Inc.)
Draw 10 (Corel Corporation)
Draw 9 (Corel Corporation)
Deer Avenger 3D (Simon & Schuster Interactive)
Drakan: Order of the Flame (Psygnosis)
Dreamweaver 4.0 (Macromedia)
DreamWeaver UltraDev 4 (Macromedia)
Easy CD Creater 4.02 (Roxio)
Gangsters Platinum Edition (Eidos Interactive)
Hades Challenge (Disney)
Laplink PCsync 2.0 (LapLink, Inc.)
Laplink Professional 2.0a (LapLink, Inc.)
Logical Journey of the Zoombinis Deluxe
Approach Millennium 9.1 (Lotus Development Corp.)
Approach Millennium 9.5 (Lotus Development Corp.)
Approach Millennium 9.6 (Lotus Development Corp.)
Organizer 5.01 (Lotus Development Corp.)
Organizer 5.02 (Lotus Development Corp.)
Organizer 6.0 (Lotus Development Corp.)
MasterCook Suite 6.0 (Sierra On-Line, Inc.)
VirusScan 4.5 (McAfee Associates, Inc.)
VirusScan 4.5 (McAfee Associates, Inc.)
VirusScan 5.16 (McAfee Associates, Inc.)
VirusScan 5.21 (McAfee Associates, Inc.)
Design Draw 7.0 (Micrografx)
Money 2000 (Microsoft)
Nero 5.5 (Ahead Software)
Norton Antivirus 2001 (Symantec)
Pro Pinball Classics (Interplay Productions)
Radio Disney Music Mix Studio (Disney)
Rational Suite Enterprise (Rational)
RealPlayer 7.0 (Real Networks)
SmartSuite Release 9.6 (Lotus Development Corp.)
Taikou Rissiden 2 (KOEI Co. Ltd.)
The Master Genealogist 4.0 D (Wholly Genes)
Visual Café 3.0 (Symantec Corporation)
Walt Disney Biography (Disney)
Winning Post 3 with PowerUP Kit (KOEI)
Works Suite 2001 (Microsoft)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney Studios)

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