I just installed VS11+ this morning after downloading it last night. From memory, past versions have included in their installation not only SmartSound, but also a version of QuickTime. VS11+ did not seem to install the latter.
Consequently, when I went to try out the new tracks in SmartSound, I got the error message that they could not play because QuickTime was not installed.
I realise that QuickTime is not necessarily fully compliant with Vista (and indeed Apple has a site for feedback on QT use in Vista). But I downloaded the current version of the public (free) version of the QT player, which is 7.1.5.120. I have version 7.1.3 of QT Pro but decided not to use it as the latest version is more likely to be more compliant with Vista.
Anyway, once installed, the SmartSound tracks were no longer greyed out. But when I would click on them to play, I would get a further error message saying that I should insert the New Standard disc (which is the replacement in VS11 of the previous Full Spectrum 22K SmartSound sampler). Of course, you don't get such a disc in the download of VS11. After clicking Retry a couple of times, the track would in fact play.
Anyway, I took a punt and reinstalled the Extra Content download where I guess the SmartSound material to be. Then rebooted the computer. And now the SmartSound tracks play perfectly.
But as I said at the outset, I would be most interested in what the experience of other Vista users has been in this regard.
