4 Replies Latest reply: Jun 8, 2009 6:56 AM by dec9 RSS

    Photoshop CS2 and Windows Vista 64 bit

    roseanne1234 Community Member

      I have just loaded Photoshop CS2 onto my new laptop which has Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit as its OS.

       

      All working well except I notice that,when I made adjustments to a layer (for example,using curves to colour adjust,or even just brighten midtones),it takes a long time for any change to take place to the values of colour sample points which I may have applied to the background layer.

       

      I usually place four colour sample points on my background image to monitor changes as I make adjustments.  When I used Photoshop CS2 on my previous laptop which had Windows XP as its OS,changes were instant.

       

      I have the cache level set at 6 in Preferences with 70% available RAM set.

       

      Any help would be much appreciated.

       

       

      Ian

        • 1. Re: Photoshop CS2 and Windows Vista 64 bit
          Q Photo Community Member

          I'm only replying because no one else has.  I really have no idea other than to reduce your amount of RAM (for Photoshop) to about 50%.  Vista needs more RAM than XP did.  Also could be a video card problem.  Laptops are one of many things I know nothing about.

          • 2. Re: Photoshop CS2 and Windows Vista 64 bit
            John Joslin Community Member

            A couple more ideas:


            Make sure CS2 is fully updated. In Vista, turn the Aero interface on and off to see if it makes a difference.


            Try the old standby of resetting preferences, as described in the FAQ.


            http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.ef4a07f/1


            You either have to physically delete (or rename) the preference files or, if using the Alt, Ctrl, and Shift method, be sure that you get a confirmation dialog.


            This resets all settings in Photoshop to factory defaults.


            A complete uninstall/re-install will not affect the preferences and a corrupt file there may be causing the problem.

            • 3. Re: Photoshop CS2 and Windows Vista 64 bit
              Jeff Schewe Community Member

              roseanne1234 wrote:

               

              I have just loaded Photoshop CS2 onto my new laptop which has Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit as its OS.

               

              You seriously want to update to Photoshop CS4 cause that's the ONLY version that can made good use of your 64 bit OS. Seriously, you are a putz if you try to run CS2 in Vista 64...

              • 4. Re: Photoshop CS2 and Windows Vista 64 bit
                dec9 Community Member

                Depends on the graphics chip (OP didn't post it) on the laptop. A lot of posters have issues with laptops with Intel graphics chip drivers (no updates) and are very unhappy with CS4 running on Vista 64 bit. The OP (as of now) stands a chance on tossing good money into the wind if she updates to CS4.