A tool designed to identify applications that require administrative privileges, helping IT teams move toward a more secure, standard-user environment. Core Components and Tools
However, ACT 5.6 is still relevant for:
| Component | Function | | :--- | :--- | | | Central console for creating databases, collecting inventories, analyzing logs, and deploying fixes. | | Data Collection Packages | Agents deployed to client machines to inventory installed apps, drivers, and system files. | | Standard User Analyzer (SUA) | Simulates a Limited User Account (LUA) environment to detect privilege-related failures (e.g., writing to HKLM or Program Files). | | Compatibility Administrator | Creates and manages shims – small interceptor DLLs that redirect API calls from legacy apps to modern equivalents. | | Setup Analysis Tool | Monitors installation routines (MSI/EXE) to detect changes to protected system areas. | microsoft application compatibility toolkit 5.6
| Legacy ACT Feature | Modern Replacement | | :--- | :--- | | Inventory collection | SCCM/Microsoft Intune + Windows Analytics | | Shims for Win32 apps | (built-in – fix is automatic via Windows Update) | | Manual shim creation | CompatQuery + Test Base for Microsoft 365 | | Standard User Analyzer | Process Monitor (ProcMon) + Windows Sandbox | A tool designed to identify applications that require
The primary goal? To identify which applications would break before you deployed the OS, and to provide fixes (shims) to keep them running. | | Standard User Analyzer (SUA) | Simulates