Windows 7: New app-compatibility toolkit coming in April

Springboard series blog has posted a series of questions and answers and one of the answer also states that they are going to release Application Compatibility Toolkit in April this year.Just take a look at these question and answers

Q:  Will there be an Application Compatibility Toolkit available for Windows 7 like there was for Windows Vista? When might that be available?

• A:  Yes. We plan on releasing an update to the Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) in April to support Windows 7 pre-releases. There will also be a version corresponding with Windows 7 release to manufacturing (RTM).

Q:  What kinds of improvements are being made in the area of application compatibility testing and migration?

• A:  There will be a version of the Application Compatibility Toolkit to support Windows 7 available in the April 2009 timeframe. Additionally, the Windows system application compatibility fix (shim) database is constantly extended with each Windows release milestone.

Q:  Why is Windows 7 more quick to start up compared to Windows Vista?
A: In working to improve performance for startup we have focused on making improvements in the following areas:

• The efficiency of core Windows code
• Only starting certain services when they are needed (demand-start services)
• The way device drivers are initialized
• Allowing multiple device drivers to start at the same time (parallelization)
• An overall reduction in the memory and CPU required to start and run the graphics system