PaulG. Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 My PC at home is running 8.5 on Vista, SP2. Will I break LV if I move up to Windows 7? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment
TobyD Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 My PC at home is running 8.5 on Vista, SP2. Will I break LV if I move up to Windows 7? Thanks in advance. LV 8.5 does not officially support Windows 7, but chances are it will work. You might have some issues with drivers. Are you planning to upgrade Vista to 7 or format your hard drive and then install 7? I would recommend the latter. Then re-install LabVIEW. The compatibility list can be found here. You might want to watch this to see if the new LabVIEW 2009 will support Windows 7. There is a note that says: Starting with 6.0.2, LabVIEW should run on newer, unlisted versions of Windows without error messages, but these are not officially supported Quote Link to comment
PaulG. Posted July 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Thanks Toby. I was just curious. I was trying to avoid a clean reinstall. But it seems like a good time to do so and get Windows 7. Maybe now's the time to buy a couple more disk drives and try my first RAID system. So much work reinstalling everything, though. Quote Link to comment
TobyD Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Maybe now's the time to buy a couple more disk drives and try my first RAID system. So much work reinstalling everything, though. True, but I always find it to be worth the effort. Things just seem to run better after a clean install. RAID would be cool - SSD RAID would be even more cool if you want to fork out the cash. Quote Link to comment
PaulG. Posted July 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 ... SSD RAID would be even more cool if you want to fork out the cash. ? Cash indeed! How many disk drives?! 24? I'm a lowly Test Engineer. Not Bill Gates. But SSD is REALLY COOL. "OMG! It's full of drives!" Quote Link to comment
TobyD Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 ? Cash indeed! How many disk drives?! 24? I'm a lowly Test Engineer. Not Bill Gates. But SSD is REALLY COOL. "OMG! It's full of drives!" WOW! That's impressive! I was thinking maybe 2 or 3 - but 24 could be fun. I'm sure my wife won't mind if I take out a second mortgage on the house... Quote Link to comment
JustinThomas Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 LabVIEW 8.6.1 runs just fine on Windows 7 RC. I have been using it for the last couple of months. Quote Link to comment
george seifert Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 My PC at home is running 8.5 on Vista, SP2. Will I break LV if I move up to Windows 7? Thanks in advance. Uh, it Windows. What do you think? Sorry, couldn't resist. I have nothing constructive to offer. George Quote Link to comment
PaulG. Posted July 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Uh, it Windows. What do you think? Sorry, couldn't resist. I have nothing constructive to offer. George Thanks anyway. I do have an iMac. I bought it from my daughter when she bought a new MacBook Pro. It sure looks pretty in my living room ... doing absolutely nothing. Quote Link to comment
dsachau Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 This page has the NI roadmap for OS support. Official Windows 7 support comes in March 2010. 2 Quote Link to comment
Daklu Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 This page has the NI roadmap for OS support. Official Windows 7 support comes in March 2010. That page shows NI dropping support for Mandrake. Anyone know why? (I don't use it, just curious.) Quote Link to comment
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