krickerd opened this issue on Sep 11, 2010 · 11 posts
krickerd posted Sat, 11 September 2010 at 12:01 AM
I upgraded from Vista 32 to Win7 64 and added more RAM. I haven't re-installed Vue from the CD yet but after looking at the updates page I'm wondering if I should even bother. The updates aren't compatible with Win7 
You're kidding me, Spike! Vue is one of the reasons I upgraded! Now I'm planning on building an additional PC in the future and upgrading Vue, but what the heck do I in the meantime? Boot from my Vista drive and run it there? *curse, curse @!#$%^!!!!!!!
thefixer posted Sat, 11 September 2010 at 2:07 AM
Have you actually tried it??
I ran version 6 on Windows 7 Ultimate 64 without any problems..
What can you lose by trying it..
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Jonj1611 posted Sat, 11 September 2010 at 6:54 AM
krickerd posted Sat, 11 September 2010 at 9:54 AM
No I haven't and here's what gives me pause, quoted from the 6.6 update page:
Vue 6 Infinite Updates **Warning!
Updates for Windows are not supported on Windows 7. Applying the update or a language patch on an unsupported OS may result in severe data loss.**
krickerd posted Sat, 11 September 2010 at 10:57 AM
And the answer seems to be: the warning is a wive's tale, or at least misplaced. I installed from CD and then updated to 6.604 and loaded a couple of old scenes and did test renders. No problems thus far. And I'm really benefitting from having 8GB RAM. Only 21% usage of RAM.
sirrick posted Sat, 11 September 2010 at 11:22 AM
To add to what others have said, I have absolutely no problems running Vue 6 on Win 7 64 bit. Upgrades have installed without a problem.
BeyondVR posted Sat, 11 September 2010 at 11:24 AM
I got a Win7 64-bit machine in April. Since I had never installed the final update on my old machine, I went to eon and saw that warning. I figured the data loss they warned about had to do with the program itself.
I had UAC turned down, and Vue 6 installed with no problems. However, when I installed the update (went with the next-to-last I already had), it got to 95% and stopped. As I watched, all of my desktop icons started to disappear. When I finally got control back, everything had been wiped out! I mean EVERYTHING. I had to use the recovery discs to reintall Windows.
Be forewarned.
John
krickerd posted Sat, 11 September 2010 at 9:49 PM
WHOA! SCARY! That certainly did NOT happen to me. I wonder why it did for you? There must be a specific reason why.
ddaydreams posted Sat, 11 September 2010 at 11:25 PM
I have no problems running Vue 6I version 6.00-04 Build 288166 on Win 7 pro 64 bit.
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BeyondVR posted Sun, 12 September 2010 at 1:59 AM
I have no idea why it happened to me and not to others, but I bought Vue 8 Studio and I'm very happy with it. I had to revert from the 8.4 update though, because it caused endless crashes.
Cornucopia3D is another story. Every time I try to buy something that states it's okay for Studio, I am told I have to enter a serial number for Vue 8 Infinite if I want to buy it. They're impossible.
John
Osper posted Sun, 19 September 2010 at 2:07 PM
I run both 6I and 7I on Windows 7. I haven't however tried the latest upgrade for 6 as it works just fine with out it. If BVR's problem is any indication of what awaits............screw the upgrade.
I had to take V6 to the new platform as V7 was an upgrade and E-on requires it also be installed. So I use it also.