Video Studio X3 and Windows 8

[Will_cain]

I've just reinstalled videostudio pro X3 on my Windows 8 machine. All seems to have gone well but I can't re-register it. I've checked the serial number on my account but when I try and put it in it says it's invalid before I even have the chance to enter it.

Any ideas welcome plus suggestions as to whether I'm wasting my time trying to get it to work


Cheers

[Terfyn]

I am surprised you have got so far. According to a Corel note X4 is not compatable with Windows 8 let alone X3.

This is the problem with earlier versions as I found when I upgraded from XP to 7. They expect us to upgrade all our software to match the latest operating system. I try and work the other way and that is upgrade the operating system when it will not run the software I want to use. I stuck with XP until I needed to use an operating system that would address greater volumes of memory.
I don't mind being left behind as long as the software produces the results I want but, after 7 years of Xp and outdated programs, I moved to a new PC, new processor and Win 7. I was told that Win 8 is more suited to touchscreen and tablet and (by my dealer) not to touch it with a bargepole!!! Perhaps he had a point?

[Will_cain]

Not sure why people dislike 8. I jumped from XP and so far I'm very impressed especially with the speed of loading. However I did put an SSD in at the same time so it could be that that's made the big improvement. It boots in 7 seconds and loads virtually everything instantly. Cheers

[teknisyan]

I've just reinstalled videostudio pro X3 on my Windows 8 machine. All seems to have gone well but I can't re-register it. I've checked the serial number on my account but when I try and put it in it says it's invalid before I even have the chance to enter it.

Any ideas welcome plus suggestions as to whether I'm wasting my time trying to get it to work


Cheers

Terfyn is correct VS X3 is not compatible with Windows 8, as a work around you may want to try running VS x4 in compatibility mode and see if this fixes the problem.

Since VS X5 (latest version) has a 30 free trial, you may want to try it out for a spin to see how it works for you. You can go to http://pnoy.me/coreltrials to download the free trial.