Will VideoStudio 8 Run in Vista?

frank1492 · Post by **frank1492** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:57 pm

Seemed to be a flawless install, but then won't open. Will I have to go to
VS 11?
And if I do, are all the "bug" rumors true, running in Vista?
Thanks for help!
Frank
P.S. New Compaq laptop, AMD Turion 1.9G, 2GB memory.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:17 pm

No, VS8 won't run under Vista.

You might as well wait for VS12, which has been released in Japan and should be available to us in a few weeks. Hopefully, with one made-for-Vista version under their belt, VS12 will work a little better.

In the mean time you could download the VS11.5 trial to see how it works.

DVDDoug · Post by **DVDDoug** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:31 pm

Video Studio was released before Vista, and there was not a Vista Update for it. (There was a Vista update for VS10.)

So, you should probably download the trial version of VS11.

frank1492 · Post by **frank1492** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:36 pm

Thank you Jeff.
Let me point out that I really don't need to do the fancy stuff, and I would be perfectly happy to continue using VS8. If all I wanted was the same capabilities in VS11, say, would it work well in Vista or is it just the more advanced ones that seem to give trouble? If the basic capabilities of VS11 would work fine in Vista, I would probably buy it, because I don't know if I am ready for the price tag of VS12.
I'll also try the trial of VS 11.5.
Frank

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:38 pm

If you have VideoStudio 8 and Vista - you can be our guinea pig.
Please do let us all know how you get on with it.

Devil · Post by **Devil** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:37 am

The ideal solution is to dual-boot with XP!

frank1492 · Post by **frank1492** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:10 am

Perhaps good advice.
Has anyone else actually tried to install VS8 on Vista? If so, could someone else please give it a shot? As I said, the install went flawlessly (no missing files, no error messages, etc.) The icon appeared on the desktop. When clicked, however, "there was a problem."
Frank

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 4:05 pm

VS8 WILL NOT WORK ON VISTA!!! VS8 is from 5 years ago!

frank1492 · Post by **frank1492** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:34 pm

No need to shout. I was simply asking if anyone besides myself (including you) had *tried to run it.* I have some programs that are 5 years old that have no problems with Vista, and while I didn't have success that doesn't mean that someone else might not have run it successfully.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:13 pm

The fact that you tried it and it didn't work, then had a couple people tell you it wouldn't work, should have given you a clue.

I only shouted because you didn't hear us the first time.