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Post here what software you have tried with Windows 7. Let us know if they worked or not.

2011-04-26 - Added link to FAQ, Removed sticky status.

Google Chrome works like a champ and feels faster than it was in XP.
Spore also works fine, though it feels a bit slower than XP .. perhaps because I'm using generic Intel drivers for my integrated video.
uTorrent works perfectly as well.

I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate x64.

Programs that Work
Pidgin
Windows Live Messenger
Kaspersky Internet Security 2009
Lexmark 2500 printer series
Folding@Home SMP, uniprocessor, and GPU2
NVIDIA 32 bit graphics drivers
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5
VLC 0.9.8a
Handbrake 0.9.3
DVD Shrink 3.2
EVGA Precision 4.0
FahMon
QuickTime and iTunes
CDBurnerXP
FeedDemon
Java
Microsoft Office 2007 (all versions)
Adobe Flash Player 10
Team Viewer 4
Pocket Killbox
Combofix (32 bit only)
Comodo Registry Cleaner
Comodo System Cleaner (Run in compatibility mode)
MLB 2K9
NBA 2K9
Madden NFL 08
NHL 08
Driver Sweeper
Google Chrome
nLite 1.4.9.1
VirtualBox (latest version)
VMware Server 1.0.8
WinRAR
Zinio Reader
Games for Windows Live (works with RC)
Grand Theft Auto IV (works with RC)
SUPERAntiSpyware (works with RC)
Combined Community Codec Pack
Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 (careful, some compatibility issues noted on official forums)
My Movies 2.4-2.6
OpenDNS Updater
TweetDeck



Programs that Don't work
Gigabyte P35-DS3R chipset drivers (fails installation) Edit: Run in Compatibility mode, right click and select Troubleshoot compatibility
AVerMedia TV Tuner software (use Windows Media Center)
AVerMedia codecs (output only grey video)
HijackThis 2.0.2 (partially works, but not advisable)

These work (all latest versions):

Skype (says it has compatibility issues but seems to work dandy;)
Real VNC
uTorrent
Foxit PDF Reader
MozBackup
Firefox 3.0.5

These don't:

EasyBCD (found out the hard way)

All my games and apps work great. Some drivers you ahve to run in compatibility mode though. On the kype: latest version crashes and is bugged out. If you download the skype 4 beta, it works fine.

@vistageek

Funny, I have Skype 3.8 and it's running fine. Haven't had a single problem yet and I use it heavily for all my calls from home....

TurboTax Deluxe did not install. Says wrong OS.
Quicken Deluxe 2009 did install. Runs fine.
Far cry installed but freezes computer. Reboot necessary to get out.

Weird .. it works for me... and if you do a Google it works for most people too. It's what I use to dual boot Linux and Windows 7.

Also Opera 10 Alpha works.. Google Chrome v2 works (dev. alpha).

just installed open office 3.0

seems to run OK.

rob

@ Budgetperson

Hmm.. I have a triple boot (Ubuntu 7.10, XP and Windows 7) and all I did was change the name from "Earlier version of Windows" to "Windows XP", the timeout rate and set XP as the default OS, restarted and got a ntldr error. It just couldn't find the partition. Couldn't figure it out, so seeing how it was a fresh install, I just reinstalled 7 (pretty quick) and am just using its built in boot editor with GRUB on top.

These programs work:

windirstat
cpu-z
gpu-z

Interesting.... all I did was add Linux to the list of bootloaders (after installing grub to my partition, of course) and that worked. So I guess I got lucky. By the way you can restore the booloader by getting your Win 7 Cd, booting up, selecting repair mode, going into command prompt, and typing
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Works perfect(and hasn't been mentioned):
Steam (and any source game so far)
Bioshock (runs faster than in Vista)
Synergy
Trillian
WinRAR
gTalk

Doesn't work:
Creative X-Fi Exteme Audio drivers/software (causes BSoD)

Everything working so far ...

Roxio Media Creator 2009 (took 28 minutes to run - got nervous)
iTunes 8
Office 2007 (actually needed to do Vista compatabiliy mode for this one)
Beyond TV 4
Everest Ultimate 4.60
WeatherBug Gadget
Adobe Shockwave
Adobe Flash
AVG
CyberPower PowerPanel (UPS)

Haven't found anything that won't run on Win Win 7.Just use the compatibility cofig for Vista?(first time I've seen that) It goes all the way back to 98 and they all run (except that demon daemond tools).

edit: Pinnacle TVCenter Pro - was working, but now it crashes every time it starts. Something with the audio. I'll blame part of that on the sluggish Pinnacle software, the other blame goes to the weird audio handler in Vista and W7.

Speedfan works

AVG works

Firefox 3.0.5 works

Logitech SetPoint works

Filezilla works

7Zip works

VLC works, but had some weird audio after 10 minutes of watching a DVD.

Media Player Classic Homecinema - Working, but UAC goes off every time I start it. Have to use "System Default" for DirectShow Audio Output. If I use DirectSound it fails.

AC3 Filter - Doesn't seem to be working

Downloaded ALchemy from Creative and it installed well enough.

So far everything works except Yahoo mail. The Classic version works fine, but not the newer ones doesn't. It says that this Yahoo doesn't support this OS version.

I am using the IE that comes with it, haven't tried Firefox with it.

EDIT:
Yahoo mail works fine with Firefox under 7.

IE8 beta and Adobe reader are hit and miss in my 1st weeks however the latest acrobat update seems to resolve the ask to run issue.


Edit

Steam.
Xfire worked with out a problem. That great considering Xfire wouldn't work with out a driver written for it so UAC would allow it to run.

If anyone is having issues installing a program where Installshield is either throwing up a error code or crashing with no reason as to why here is a solution straight from Microsoft. I would proved a link to the steps but since it came up in my Action Center. I can vouch it worked for me on PowerDVD 8 Ultra after the launcher was stopping on a 1628 error. It also stopped my installer from crashing when i tried to install Microsoft Flight Simulator X. Hope this helps others.

I can verify this, it worked nicely. I'm quite franely amazed that Microsoft is telling people how to fix errors now.

Working (Win7 Ultimate x86):
- Office 2007
- MS Office Accounting 2008
- Avast! 4 Professional
- Windows Home Server Connector
- MS Intellitype and Intellipoint (there are betas (v 7.0) written for Win7)
- Quicktime Alternative/Media Player Classic.
- Windows Mobile Device Center
- ffdshow-tryouts (rev 2527, 2008-12-19)
- VSO image resizer
- Foxit PDF reader, IFilter, and editor
- Nero 7 Essentials
and, none of these needed to be installed (or run in) compatibility mode.
- Folding@Home (SMP) (fixed, 1/24)

Not working:
- Gigabyte (or Intel reference) P31 drivers. Will only launch in Vista compatibility mode, but installer errors out with 'OS not supported.' End effect: onboard USB is a bit flakey (also might explain the random BSoDs.)
*Update (1/24): was able to manually install the extracted Intel drivers (from Device Manager); however, onboard USB still flakey.

I'll try to update this post as we go.