Windows 7 for use in astrophotography

[AstroJunk (Jonathan)]

Originally Posted by Marke

No sony screwed you , even my 4yr old pc supports it and my cheap
toshiba netbook.

Too right Marke, well put.

[Tandum (Robin)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

I tried running XP mode but it won't go. It needs virtual pc and that requires a chip that has virtualisation feature in it. Perhaps mine does not but it is a brand new duo core lappie Sony Vaio latest model I got in the states at Christmas.

Perhaps something needs to be turned on. If so - gee they make it hard.

Greg.

Exactly what needs to be run in a virtual machine? I've been running win7 32bit on the astro PC for a year or more without issue with anything, except really old hardware and poorly written software. Exactly what is the problem, what won't go for you?

[gregbradley]

Yes I guess Sony did mess me up there. I checked on the net and the dual core Intel T4300 1.6ghz does not support virtualization. Worth checking to find that out before you buy.

I am running Windows 7 64bit ultimate. Photoshop CS2 and other Adobe software in the suite do not boot up but get an error message saying
invalid number so it seems like it did not register the serial number or something but as pointed out by an earlier poster redoing it does not help.

I tried running it in XP Mode one of the big selling points of Windows 7 but you need a chip that will do virtual machine and some don't.
Mine doesn't despite being the latest model Sony Vaio dual core Pentium. So there's a big catch there.

I tried a year or so ago to run my astro software in Vista and almost nothing worked despite all the fixes and suggestions. So my observatory computer runs XP and everything runs and installs effortlessly. Newest and latest isn't necessarily better.
Greg.

[marki]

Greg, have you tried "running the program as Administrator"? It helps to turn off the user account control as well as this is just pseudo security and can get in the way of some installations. I have Abobe Illustrator ver 9 running on mine (same OS as yours) and that predates anything with CS attached to the name (about 1998). It runs fine with the above settings.

Mark

[Tandum (Robin)]

http://dispo.se/2009/06/02/adobe-cre...ndows-7-64bit/

This guy got it to work in win7 64bit, something to do with the install path. You may also have to run it as Administrator. Right click on the icon for PS and select run as administrator from the menu. Google is your friend.

Virualisation is for running virtual machines, you shouldn't need that. You may have trouble getting 64bit drivers for some gear, most notably meade dsi, lpi etc, but most other stuff should be covered by now.

The next windows will not have a 32bit version.

[AstroJunk (Jonathan)]

A little bit of research suggests Adobe haven't supported CS2 for years. It doesn't even work 'fully' in xp SP3, so the fact you got it working in Vista should be thought of as bonus. The chances of it working on a 64 bit machine are ... (insert low number here) [I stand corrected Robin ]

Upgrade my friend, nothing lasts forever - especially Adobe software!

[Tandum (Robin)]

I ran into a similar problem last week installing an autocad application to run a cutting machine at a cabinet makers. 64 bit Windows installs 32bit stuff into (drive):\Program Files (x86)\ but a lot of applications are hard coded internally to look for stuff in c:\program files\ and the application doesn't need to be that old to do that. That particular autocad decendant I was dealing with is new to market in .au and costs $30K for the cut down version