Photo Imppact 11 & 12 not compataible with Windows Vista

[VistaPista]

I recently contacted customer tech support for 11 and they informed me that Photo Impact is NOT COMPATIBLE with windows vista and was told I have to pay for an upgrade to 12 in order to for it to work properly.

Has anyone else been told this ! I have had problems running P I 11 with vista . I have used with windows xp with no problem and now that I purchased a new pc that has vista it is terrible.

thanx
VP

[sjj1805]

If you have installed PhotoImpact 11 to its default location you will find this file:
C:\Program Files\Ulead Systems\Ulead PhotoImpact 11\PhotoImpact 11 Readme.htm

Here you will find:

System Requirements

• Microsoft® Windows® 2000, XP
• Intel® Pentium® III processor compatible or above
• Optical disc drive
• 256MB RAM or more
• 600MB available hard drive space for program and content files
• True Color or Hi-Color display adapter with 800x600 resolution or above

[sisom]

I don't wish to sound cruel but the answer was in your question:

"now that I purchased a new pc that has vista it is terrible. "

You ain't kiddin'!
I'd go back to Windows XP if I were you, and then in five years' time, move over to Ubuntu. Vista is going to be Microsoft's downfall.

[sjj1805]

In fairness to the original poster, I have had a bit of an eye opener this past week. Firstly my sister in law and then secondly my brother in law both bought new laptops. They come with Vista pre-installed and it seems that you can no longer buy a laptop with anything other than Vista. I suspect the same is probably true of desktop computers but they are not such a problem.

My sister in law bought hers to use for work. She found that quite a lot of the software that she needs to perform her work duties would not work with Vista and so nagged me to get rid of Vista and install XP. This is where my eyes were opened.

Laptops - or at least the two mentioned above - bought from different shops and different specifications - both had one thing in common (other than Vista) - the hard drives are SATA drives. You would think that you could simply place a XP installation disc in the CD drive and turn the computer on, boot from CD and install XP - reformatting the hard drive in the process.

No such luck - due to the SATA drives XP Setup reports - no hard drives found on this computer. After a bit of research I discovered that during the XP setup sequence you get a message [Press F6 to install third party drivers] (Or a similar sounding message) - with SATA drives you have to press F6 to install the SATA drivers.

So far so good - alas NO. Laptops don't have a floppy drive - it also looks like computer stores don't sell laptop external floppy drives any more.
After much research The only way is to slipstream the SATA drivers into an XP setup disc. After hunting around for the necessary SATA drivers, plus following some rather complex slipstream instructions - I eventually gave up.

Desktop computers obviously will be easier because they will not have this problem.

[VistaPista]

Seems since I wrote this I found that my nephew was able to purchase a brand new dell with windows xp professional , he was telling me that businesses won't purchase any vista business applications because of all the compatability issues.He believes Windows Home Xp will fade not to far into the future leaving everyone to use vista, though the XP Professional will last longer in the years to come.

Also since writing this Dell conatacted me and said they would give me a 75 dollar credit toward the purchase of a XP professional operating disc. Though they wouldn't take back the original vista and give me any credit.



Some big deal that is. I already had to purchase 127.00 of more memory because of vista needing more memory to run properly. ATLEAST 3 gigs of memory. They sell you this stuff and fail to tell you what it needs and that all if not most your software etc is incomapatible. No wonder there starts to be these big class action law suits coming out of all this. Dell has court procedings I believe.


This whole thing really gets under my craw and I am sure nobody like being hearded like cattle, though everyone that buys vista will learn it is a railroad we will be forced to having to purchase more and more and more to make the operating system work properly. ANd of course NOW I HAVE TO PURCHASE ULEAD 12 To use ULEADS SOFTWARE, When I just purchased ULEAD 11 shortly before 12 came out..

VISTA IN MY OPINION IS NO MORE THAN A LARGE BETA TEST AND WE THE CONSUMERS ARE THE GUINEA PIGS. VISTA IS GEARED ONLY TO FORCE THE PUBLIC TO HAVE TO PURCHASE MORE AND MORE AND MORE>

[VistaPista]

Seems I've read and heard others struggling with Vista and P I 12. If this is so I would be a FOOL to purchase ULEADS Products or any other companys' software for Vista until all the BUGS are out or a new software is made to work with vista is availible,
In which this new vista is for .,.. to have you buy more software ... This Vista is Like a Merry Go Round to make MO MONEY.

[VistaPista]

Can anyone tell me if at all when a new Ulead software such as Photo Impact will come out for Vista and maybe call it Vista Impact Version 1

Also can anyone tell me if there is any NEW companies out there that are making any photo shop software like Ulead did when they started ? Is an open market for anyone that wants to get on the new Vista money train.

[VistaPista]

sjj1805,

I am curious as to Why you made a statement such as this when you know the difficulties with compatiblity issues with Vista and conflicting statements you've made about P I 10 and 11 being not being compatible and that P I 12 also having many many problems with vista ??

The statement to JensMahlmann is decieving in my opinion to suggest 10 / 11/ and 12 work with Vista.

Sjj this is a quote from your reply to JensMahlmann which was posted July 11, 2007



http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=24550


JensMahlmann
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
Posts: 18
Location: Wolfenbuettel, Germany
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:08 am Post subject: PI7 under Vista?

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Hi,

is there any way (or workaround) making it possible to run PI7 under Vista?

I've tried it: The program actually does install and start, but won't work properly then ...

To me, 7 has always been the "gold version", and I've been missing it ever since installing Vista.

Thanks Jens
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sjj1805
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:39 am Post subject:

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I think you are out of luck.
If you check the Corel Knowledge base
http://support.corel.com/scripts/rightn ... td_alp.php

It only lists PhotoImpact 10 / 11 & 12
PhotoImpact 7 will be considered an out of date product.
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[Ron P.]

VistaPista,

If you want to rant about Vista, please do so on a Microsoft forum. It has been stated that versions older then the current PI-12 simply are not designed to work on Vista OS. PI-12 may work after installing the "Vista patch".

From what I've heard and read, there are numerous people, that fall into the category of needing to have the latest and greatest, are backing off from Vista. It's NOT the total fault of program developers. I'm not going to get into the vicious circle this involves.

However it is a real simple decision..

1. You want to run Vista, so you can not run a version older then PI-12, and you may have more problems then that.

2. You want to use PI-10, so you need to have WinXP installed.

I fail to see what is so difficult about that..

I don't read Steve's statement as implying that PI-10, 11, and 12 work with Vista. He states that Support meaning Ulead or Corel's support only extends to those versions, and the PI-7 is considered an Out of Phase product, therefore they do not offer support.

Now if someone wants some degree of support for their products, then I think we do a fair job of providing that here. We also will not say older versions do not qualify for support. It's just a matter of a user/member that has used the version, chiming in with their experiences and recommendations.

[VistaPista]

Mr. Video,

I believe you are totaly wrong and others need to hear it before they may possibly purchase something and it may or may not work.

I believe Ulead has some fantastic software and like other software it is great when it works and we the people don't like purchasing something only to find out after the buy it doesn't work so good and all the bells and whistles do not work.

You rant about me bringing up issues with vista and photo impacts compatibilty issues and the fact you assume from your quote this should be in microsofts forum you are right , It deserves to be in both forums not just one.



The Only reason I purchased a 1600 dollar machine is because I had been using windows me since it came out and the system couldn't handle todays software and online work or I would still be using windows 98 and Photo Impact 4. and not be involved in another 500 or more worth of extras. Though just as you and others tend to want the newest and best of uleads the same is true about any software or device.


The comments I have made are of my own opinions of ULEADS PHOTO IMPACT AND ITs COMAPTABILITY WITH VISTA ( microsoft ) So the real subject matter in my comments are geared toward Uleads compatability issues !


And quote in your statement about Photo Impact 12 MAY WORK with the patch is why I believe what I have posted is important to all that purchase and try to use photo impact 12 with Microsoft Vista.

QUOTE From Mr. Video: It has been stated that versions older then the current PI-12 simply are not designed to work on Vista OS. PI-12 may work after installing the "Vista patch".


I know you want to help and promote Ulead and I think you helped all of us more by that quote ( may or may not work )


And the question asked by JensMahlmann was directly related to windows vista! So again I believe you were wrong in that it did appeared to be Vista related by Steves comment on PI 10 11 12.


Thank You
VistaPista