I've been a big fan of Verizon's EDVO/Broadband service for a year or so now. Plug in a EDVO PC Card into your laptop or mobile device and get pretty kick butt Internet speeds. It's very pricey at $59-$79/mo. plus normal fees and taxes, but it gets great speeds and access. Since I'm running Windows Vista Enterprise on my work laptop now, I needed a way to get Verizon's software and the EDVO card's drivers workin I’ve been a big fan of Verizon’s EDVO/Broadband service for a year or so now. Plug in a EDVO PC Card into your laptop or mobile device and get pretty kick butt Internet speeds. It’s very pricey at $59-$79/mo. plus normal fees and taxes, but it gets great speeds and access.Since I’m running Windows Vista Enterprise on my work laptop now, I needed a way to get Verizon’s software and the EDVO card’s drivers working with Vista. As with most wireless phone services and features, the phone companies rarely update the software once released. In my case, the Verizon-provided software called VZAccess didn’t like Vista at first.It’s a simple fix two solutions. 1) Just fool VZAccess into thinking it is running in XP, or 2) Don’t use VZAccess. Just install the card driver and use Vista’s dial-up features. Either option works. Keith Comb’s blog has an excellent entry on it.Keith’s blog has both solutions. The ‘Running VZAccess in Windows XP compatiblity mode’ is near the bottom of the blog entry. And I’ll add a few things. First copy the VZAccess.exe installer file from the CD-ROM’s VZAccess folder to your mobile device. Then right-click the file on the mobile device and click on Properties. Then click on the Compatibility tab. Then click on the Show settings for all users button and put in the admin credentials (if asked). Then enable the Run this program in compability mode for: and select Windows XP (Service Pack 2). After installing the software and installing the drivers, you should have a VZAccess Manager icon on your desktop. Depending on your setup, you may or may not need to enable compatibility on the normal VZAccess Manager executable. Related content analysis The 5 types of cyber attack you're most likely to face Don't be distracted by the exploit of the week. Invest your time and money defending against the threats you're apt to confront By Roger Grimes Aug 21, 2017 7 mins Phishing Malware Social Engineering analysis 'Jump boxes' and SAWs improve security, if you set them up right Organizations consistently and reliably using one or both of these approaches have far less risk than those that do not. By Roger Grimes Jul 26, 2017 13 mins Authentication Access Control Data and Information Security analysis Attention, 'red team' hackers: Stay on target You hire elite hackers to break your defenses and expose vulnerabilities -- not to be distracted by the pursuit of obscure flaws By Roger Grimes Dec 08, 2015 4 mins Hacking Data and Information Security Network Security analysis 4 do's and don'ts for safer holiday computing It's the season for scams, hacks, and malware attacks. But contrary to what you've heard, you can avoid being a victim pretty easily By Roger Grimes Dec 01, 2015 4 mins Phishing Malware Patch Management Software Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe