7 Replies Latest reply: Jan 2, 2011 7:03 AM by fuaho RSS

    Are there any problems with running PPro CS4 under WIN7...?

    fuaho Community Member

      I've successfully created a dual boot of WIN XP Pro 64-bit and WIN 7 Professional 64-bit on my RAID10, 2-TB drive.

       

      I've been running numerous basic programs successfully under WIN 7. It has been totally stable for over a month and therefore I am about to transition Production Premium CS4 over to the WIN 7 partition from WIN XP where I've been running it for the past two years.

       

      I'm just wondering if there are any consistent problems that have surfaced with this new OS and CS4?

       

      I've looked through the forums and don't see much, so I have high hopes. But in case I've missed something, what should I watch out for?

       

      Intel DX48BT2 mobo, 2.83GHz Q9550 Core2Quad, 8gb DDR3 @1333GHz, nVidia GTX260XXX, 2TB SATA RAID10 drives, 100GB SATA scratch drive, 2 x 1TB eSATA external RAID 10 drives (LaCie & JMicron w/controller card), LG SATA Blu-Ray Burner.

       

      All drivers & updates are current.

       

      TIA,

        • 1. Re: Are there any problems with running PPro CS4 under WIN7...?
          Bill Hunt CommunityMVP

          The only issues that I can recall, are not CS4-specific, but are Win7-specific. The supplied drivers in Win7-64 do not seem to all be ready for "prime time." Some of those have caused issues. Also, in some cases, the default driver installed, is not the best. A good example of this is with FireWire. Win7 installs one that does not work well, but one can change that, by installing the driver with "Legacy" in the name.

           

          There is hope that the driver issues will be handled with the SP1 OS update.

           

          Many ran, and are probably still running CS4 with Win7. There have been few reports of issues. Now, do update CS4 to the last update.

           

          Good luck, and maybe others will be able to provide more details and caveats.

           

          Hunt

          • 2. Re: Are there any problems with running PPro CS4 under WIN7...?
            JSS1138 CommunityMVP

            I didn't have any major issues with CS4 under Windows 7.  All the drivers installed by default worked fine for me, including the aforementioned FireWire.  (Seems that problem was intermittent, affecting some users but not others.)

             

            The only real "issues" I can recall were with Encore; it needed some minor tweaking.  You had to Run as Administrator for burning to work, and you had to replace a file (pxengine) for Blu-ray to work.  Other than those two minor things, you should have little trouble.

            • 3. Re: Are there any problems with running PPro CS4 under WIN7...?
              John T Smith CommunityMVP

              As Jim said, For CS4 you must update the Roxio component http://forums.adobe.com/thread/400484?tstart=0
              More on Encore and Roxio http://forums.adobe.com/thread/528582?tstart=0 or direct to
              http://kb.roxio.com/search.aspx?URL=/content/kb/General%20Information/000070GN&PARAMS

               

              Even with Win7 and Encore CS5, I need to right click the Encore icon and manually select Run as Administrator to create a dual layer DVD

              • 4. Re: Are there any problems with running PPro CS4 under WIN7...?
                Bill Hunt CommunityMVP

                Jim and John T.,

                 

                Good reports, and just the type of info that the OP should be able to use.

                 

                Thanks,

                 

                Hunt

                • 5. Re: Are there any problems with running PPro CS4 under WIN7...?
                  fuaho Community Member

                  Thanks for the inputs! Giving me confidence that there will be no nightmare scenarios.

                   

                  I don't use firewire  - all file based - so no dramas there.

                   

                  Apparently, in (IMHO) a brilliant move to protect WIN7 from internet intruders, everyone who accesses the computer, including the administrator, is considered a "user." To run any programs that require admin rights, one must right click the program and select "Run as administrator" from the dropdown menu. This obviously precludes anyone who is not physically at the computer from taking control and doing bad things. A good idea!

                   

                  I'll start the migration after Christmas when I have some time to devote to it - in case there are any glitches. By then, all my present projects will be out the door and I'll still have the XP install to fall back on.

                   

                   

                  Thanks again and Happy Holidays to all...! 

                  • 6. Re: Are there any problems with running PPro CS4 under WIN7...?
                    John T Smith CommunityMVP

                    Also... Hardware crashes or virus infections or just wanting an easy way to "go back" happen, so you should buy software to make a full backup of your hard drive to an external USB hard drive... which makes restoring very easy to a new drive in the same computer, or to the same drive in case of corruption


                    The product I use is at http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/image-for-linux.htm


                    Image runs off of a bootable CD via Linux (the Zip you download includes a program to make the bootable CD) and it reads EVERYTHING on the drive, even the hidden registration information, so everything is restored when needed... and you may restore the image to a brand new drive and not have to re-install anything


                    Please note that I own no part of Image, and I don't get a referral fee (that is just a plain web link) but I use the program and it has saved me a LOT of trouble when I had a hard drive die... and I was able to restore everything and not have to re-install or re-activate a single program, from Windows on up

                    • 7. Re: Are there any problems with running PPro CS4 under WIN7...?
                      fuaho Community Member

                      Having learned that with ADOBE there is always some nightmare scenario, I am stopping in my tracks until I get more information.

                       

                      I installed (non-trial) Production Premium CS4 in the Win7 partition without problem. Opened PrPro and exported media using Encore and my preferred codec. So far, so good.

                       

                      As expected, I got the "Excuse the interruption" message telling me that there were already two copies with the same serial number running - I have one on my laptop and the other is, of course, in the Win XP partition on the same computer & hard drive as this new install.

                       

                      I chose the "30 days to fix the issue" option.

                       

                      This was so I could migrate my preferences, keyboard & other presets to the Win7 install and confirm their proper operation before activation.

                       

                      PITA #1 - In XP, presets, prefs, etc., are located in "c:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Adobe\Premiere Pro\4.0\."

                                       In Win7, they are located in "c:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Premiere Pro\4.0\. This is a hidden folder, so you must go to Folder Options\View and check "Show Hidden Folders." I think this is now in Control Panel\Settings ( I got there through a Help link so I'm not sure, but it is not in the folder headers "Tools" anymore).

                       

                      PITA #2 - After copying my PrPro presets, prefs, keyboard settings, etc., to the above location, I tried to open PrPro to confirm everything. This was about an hour after my previous session. I now no longer get the "30-day option!!!" Only "Activate" "Buy a License" or "Quit!"

                       

                      PITA #3 - Since I don't know how Deactivation and Activation work, I am not about to go any further. Since both copies are on the same physical computer and hard drive, they obviously cannot both be online at the same time. I am concerned that whatever happens at Adobe's end of this will not see the deactivation or will not properly activate the new install and then I'll be left with nothing operational. If they cannot keep track of the start date of the new install and wiped out the 30-day test period in an hour, I do not have much confidence that the activation process with go so well. I think there are a limited number of activations as well, and I don't know what that applies to or how that works. I can see a scenario where I have to re-activate the Win XP partition to try and track down something and then get stuck there because I've used up my activations and can't re-activate the Win7 partition.

                       

                      Anyone have any insights on any of this...???

                       

                       

                      TIA,