Making Vista run legacy applications is easy

George Ou provides a nice write-up about Vista and legacy applications:

I'm going show you what it really takes to get legacy applications working and why Virtual PC is totally unnecessary for the purpose of running legacy applications.

Microsoft's "Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.0" or ACT 5.0 is a tool for IT administrators, power users, or Software vendors to create an "Application Compatibility Fix" that allow legacy pre-Vista applications to run in a locked down and secure Vista environment.

Related: Using the Application Compatibility Toolkit 4.1 and the Standard User Analyzer to Create Application Fixes