
Dang, I really really wanted to run Windows Vista on my new Lenovo (formally IBM) Thinkpad T60. I installed it just fine and got all the drivers working, but I need three things in order for this to be my work laptop. One, I need Microsoft Outlook and that worked just fine. I need our work-based messaging program to work. It didn't at first, but you can run this program using the Program Compatibility Wizard and assign it to run in a Windows XP SP2 context. Then the last program I need is Nortel's Contivity VPN Client. At first I couldn't even install it, but using the Program Compatibility Wizard I was able to run the Install.bat files as Windows XP SP2 and it installed just fine. My problem though is that when I try to connect using this program I get a 'Failed to Open Socket' error and a 'Create Socket Failed with 10047' (which is a Nortel error). It seems that there is a new Address Space Layout Randomization capability that is stopping the socket from being opened and I can't get around it. Any ideas would be great! I have to install Windows XP SP2 today. How sad, I was really looking forward to working with Windows Vista. I guess I will have to wait till next year.