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Hi All
I had a quick look but doesn't look like anyone has tested Recorder 6 on Windows 7. We're looking into new hardware at the moment, which will no doubt ship with the new OS. Has any testing been done to see if it can handle Recorder (or vice-versa)?
Cheers
David
Hi David
I've got Recorder 6 up and running on Windows 7 in a virtual machine on Linux. Installed from a Version 6.10.4 cd onto SQL Server 2005 Express, then applied updates all as an admin user. Database seems to work ok as an ordinary user.
Early days yet, but seems to be fine.
Ian
Hi Ian
Thanks for posting that. I will keep my eyes peeled for any other info on Recorder and Windows 7 and post anything I find in this thread.
Regards
David
Windows 7 is actually very similar to Vista; it's a polished version of Vista if you like. You're extremely unlikely to find something that is incompatible with it if it works on Vista. Vista made some quite dramatic changes to the way Windows works, both in software terms and in terms of hardware and drives, which is what caused many of the headaches some people had. The upgrade from Vista to 7 is much more minor in comparison.
I've been using the Windows 7 release candidate for quite a few months now and have yet to find anything incompatible with it. In fact, I've found Windows 7 to be remarkably good in just about every way. It's faster than Vista, uses less memory, is easier to use and generally feels much more mature and stable (bearing in mind, I've been using the release candidate and not the final version). I like it a lot (the new Resource Monitor tool in particular is brilliant) and I recommend it without hesitation.
I've not tried Recorder on it yet (The notebook I have Win7 installed on is not really suitable for running Recorder), but I'm confident it will work without problem.
Hi Charles
Thanks for the post.
I thought Win7 was more like an upgrade to Vista than a whole new way of doing things. I eligable for an upgrade on my home PC so I'll test out R6 on that and see how it goes.
Cheers
David
David, yes that's right: it's a more polished, faster, better version of Vista - an upgrade in the true sense. It's not radically different, but it's radically improved (in my humble opinion).
I have Recorder 6 running under Windows 7 (Home premium). I have done basic checks, including import/export. There seems to be a problem with the permissions on the user files which causes trouble with the Recording Cards, Rucksacks etc. The folder C:\Program Data\Recorder 6 needed to be changed to give me permssion to write to this folder. Otherwise it seems to be OK.
I upgraded from Vista which had Recorder 6.14 running from a new standalone install using SQL Server 2005 Express.,
I then removed Recorder 6 , but not SQL Express and re-installed using the 6.14 standalone CD. This worked without problems. I suspect on a new installation the folder C:\Program Data\Recorder 6 would be hidden ( it is on a Vista install) and it may be necessary to make it visible and to change the permsssions.
Mike
Hi,
On Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit, the c:\ProgramData\Recorder 6 folder is NOT hidden, and there are no permissions problems in my experience. A fresh Recorder install was able to write to this directory, e.g. when saving rucksacks. The only issues I did have were the failure of the install kit to detect my existing SQL Express instances, probably as a result of registry virtualisation, but installing a new instance with the install CD works fine.
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