Anyone found a way to get Vegas 11 on Windows XP Pro?

[Stephen Mann]

No. Some have gotten it to work, but this begs the question of why would you want to install the program on an unsupported O/S and in fact, a discontinued O/S?

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[John Lenihan]

Who has gotten it to work? Someone on this forum?

The reason is I am collaborating with 4 other editors. If one upgrades, we all need to upgrade. I am too busy at this moment to do all the migration of the million support apps and drivers which an upgrade to windows 7 entails.

I will have time near new year to migrate the computer, but makes intercompatibility an issue for several months.

JOhn

John Lenihan

LeniCam Video Productions
https://www.lenicamvideoproductions.com

[Steve Rhoden]

Well then John you gonna have to stick with a previous version
of Vegas until you migrate over to Windows 7….

Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Maker
Filmex Creative Media.
1-876-832-4956
https://filmex-creative-media.blogspot.com/

[Stephen Mann]

I wouldn’t even recommend trying running Vegas 7 on an XP. I don’t recall anyone on the Cow that has been successful, but there are one or two on the SCS forum. But, why ask for problems?

There is no direct “Upgrade” path from XP to Win 7. But, what are you waiting for? Win 7 is the most stable and best release of the Windows O/S ever. If your PC can handle 64-bit, then you will really appreciate the improvements. Buy a new hard drive, 1Tb is still around $40 at New Egg. Install Win 7 on it. If you really want to go back, swap the XP hard-disk for the Win 7 HD and you’re back to where you started. (Using a new disk and a fresh O/S install also lets you clean up the years of collective application detritus on your hard-disk).

You can do a clean install on a new hard-disk using the Win-7 upgrade disk. This is a Microsoft-approved process. Just install Win 7, and when the install asks for the software key, ignore it. This will install Win 7 as a demo. Then run the upgrade again, as an upgrade. This time, enter the key when asked, register the program and you’re done.

Steve Mann

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[Ken Mitchell]

Yes exactly what he Steve said.

[Martin Hoefner]

I run Vegas Movie Platinum 11 (32 bit) on Windows XP Pro SP3 with no problem whatsoever and have been doing the same with Vegas 7, 9 and 10.

So apart from the possibility that it might or might not be faster or more efficient on newer OS´s there is in no problem in doing so!

[Mike Kujbida]

Martin, it’s Vegas Pro 11 that won’t run on XP, not Vegas Movie Platinum.
Two very different pieces of software.

[John Lenihan]

Thanks everyone.

I feel quite chastised for my hesitation of upgrading to windows 7.

Steve, your concept of having the ability to keep the old one in parallel has given me the secret that I was looking for.

Thank you very much.

John

John Lenihan

LeniCam Video Productions
https://www.lenicamvideoproductions.com

[Stephen Crye]

You are welcome!

For so long I have been a consumer of the Cow forums, enjoying the help from others but not contributing. Last week I realized I need to take the time to scan the threads and help where I can. I’m pretty green when it comes to video, but I know a few things.

Make sure you get a good, full backup of the XP drive before you start. Never had any problems with the dual-boot procedure, but better safe than sorry.

For a file-based backup, I use a great little command line utility called xxcopy. Free for personal use, cheap for commercial. It is a bit complicated, but once you get the hang of it, very reliable. It won’t do a full clone the way GHOST does, but it will grab every file, and save your behind if you ever need to start from scratch. Years ago I figured out the command line that I use to copy my c: drive to a USB drive, now I just run it without thinking:

xxcopy c: g:xp-backup /FF/KS/H/E/R/Y/BI/ZY/ZE /Oag:xxcopy-xp.log

That line is a little dangerous in that it will delete from the DESTINATION only any files that are in the destination but not in the source. In other words, if I delete files from C: that I know I don’t want in the backup, they will also disappear from the destination. (I typically only do this after I archive the files onto two separate blu-ray disks and store one at one location and other at a different location)

https://www.xxcopy.com/

Steve

Win7 Pro X64 on Dell T3400 MultiTB SATA 8 GB RAM lots of big fast SATA drives. Vegas 10e x64 DVDA 5.2 build 133 Sony HDR-CX550V

[Cody Nundy]

There are a bunch of reasons why someone would want to run the software on Win xp. One could be that a person might not have the money to purchase win 7. i suppose a copy of win 7 could be downloaded illegally and a keygen used to unlock it or someone could borrow the disk from a friend and use that copy to install, then copy the win 7 disk. this is of course all hypothetical. I would never recommend that anyone do anything illegal.

another reason is that win xp is a perfectly good OS. there was no good reason to create vista or win 7 and now coming soon win 8. it is all to generate money and that is all. if it ain’t broke, then don’t fix it. people should be allowed to keep win xp if they want to, support should be continued for xp, and software should continue to be compatible with it.

win 7 is ridiculous too, you have to have: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor and 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)

this is just to run the os. it seems that pc’s are becoming the playground of those with money. my funds are very limited since i am on disability. i suffer from depression and can’t work. i tried to commit suicide many times because i felt that life was unfair. my psychiatrist tries to convince me that my thinking is skewed. i’m still not so sure. now i have to use an out of date version of vegas because i don’t have the money to upgrade. god, i just can’t catch a break.