anyone using cs4 extended and NOT having problems on win 7 64 bit? Thats what im running and its fine with Cs2. I'd like to upgrade to cs4 extended but im hearing there are issues. feedback?

Win7 64 and Photoshop Cs4 64 are NOT friends at all..

I had to go back to win732 to keep away from huge crashes and errors etc ..
Its known at Microsof and at Adobe but there is no mention of a effort to fix this soon.

So if you want to use CS4 on win 7 use 32 bit version or have problems until CS5 comes out or even beyond that point...

Chris

ah sadness. ok thanks for saving the bucks and the headaches

Yeah i know what you mean ..i wished i had such a heads up before switching etc etc
Im sure there are people having no troubles at all.. i say let them count their blessings
win 7 and cs4 32 works fine btw ...

Quote - ah sadness. ok thanks for saving the bucks and the headaches

oh its an issue with cs4 64? so if i run win 7 64 and cs4 32 itll be ok?

I have NO problems with windows 7 32 bit and photoshop CS4 32bit  at all...

64bit is a diffrent story
running the 32 bit version CS4 on win7 64 bit is just bad  too..

Quote - oh its an issue with cs4 64? so if i run win 7 64 and cs4 32 itll be ok?

sgreco1970,

I use the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of PSCS4 on Windows 7 64-bit, and they  both run very fast, smooth and are very stable.

Any problems I’ve read about on the net were related to people still using the “release candidate” (not the final) version of Win 7, older/mismatched video drivers, or 3rd party plugins.

Download the trial version of PSCS4 and try it out for yourself on your system.

Chuck

I'm using CS3 on win 7 64 bit.. so far.. a few minor issues..
not hangings..thank goodness.. but brushes give a probs.. I keep throwing out the Pref file to clean it up. It hangs! ie..the brushes..
Dunno if it's coz of the 64 bit or coz I cloned so many times, it froze!

no erosiaart, its not you. Ive found dozens of claims about the clone tool.
I suppose I can just get the 32 bit version, its not like i'll notice lol. Actually, im happy with my cs2, and its 32 bit and runs like a dream on this shiny new machine... but i wouldnt mind the paint-on-3d-objects tools in cs4 extended now. Anyone tried it yet? is it spiffy? Im using blacksmith right now to do that and it does a very fine job. But if its as Bar-code says and runnign either version oin my win 64 is bad, im just gonna be grumpy -man I want that new photoshop hehe. Im starting to truly rue ever getting win 7  64. So much for its enhanced "power", im running into issues all over the place, not just photoshop.

but if you BUY CS4 there is a 32 and a 64 bit version on the DVD ... so afaik you dont need to deside wich one to buy..
I have both 32 and 64 bit versions on my CS4 DVD

and we RUN CS4 on 30+ systems ..
all of them had major problems with 64 bit version of win7 and cs4 ..
Amd all of them needed to switch back to 32 bit ...

And we dont have a pre release version we have original win7 version.
So the "it was pre release that had errors" can also put in the BIN

In otherwords..CS3 and 4 don't work well with win7 64 bit. You need a 32 bit..
is that what you mean Bar-Code?

Quote - In otherwords..CS3 and 4 don't work well with win7 64 bit. You need a 32 bit..
is that what you mean Bar-Code?

yeah, is that the upshot here? oy, I should never have bought win 7 64 ><

I bought it coz at least. CS3 read the remaining 2 RAM of my 4 gig RAM!!

I have CS4 and Windows 7 64 bit and I haven't had any problems at all, the only thing that bugs me slightly is that my plugins will only run from the 32bit version.

I can tell you first hand that I am using Adobe CS4 Extended on Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit and have no issues. Keep in mind that I have a powerful system and use more than one CPU along with 10GB of RAM. If you plan on doing anything intensive I would strongly suggest at least 8GB RAM or more and consider a workstation type of motherboard that supports duel-CPUs. Also, you will need Windows 7 Pro or Ultimate to take advantage of more than one CPU and more than 16GB of RAM. All I can say is it really does make a BIG difference and a lot of crashes or issues (not all) can be solved with better hardware and more memory.

Win7 ultimate x64 here and happily using CS4 64bit without any crashes/problems.