Compatibility with Windows Vista Home Basic?

Question

Does Fireworks work with Windows Vista Home Basic? Will it
run on my OS?

Answer 1

I have Vista Home Premium and Fireworks CS3 works fine with
one exception. The bitmap editing tools are not compatible with
Aero. Copying an answer I wrote two days ago...
You can do one of two things. Turn off Aero completely or
have Vista disable Aero only when Fireworks is running.
For the latter,
1) go to where Fireworks is installed, usually
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Fireworks CS3
2) Right-click on Fireworks.exe and select Properties
3) Select the the Compatibility tab
4) Under Compatability mode label, select the checkbox for
Run this program in compatability mode for: and select Windows XP
(Service Pack 2) from the drop down box.
5) Under the Settings label, check Disable desktop
composition
6) Click OK.
Now, when you start up Fireworks, your system will flicker as
Aero is disabled, but your bitmap tools will work. When you close
Fireworks, your system will flicker as Aero returns.
See also, discussion
in
this thread
The post on 09/13/2008 by lallsopp claims that desktop
composition does not need to be disabled, but I find that my bitmap
tools do not work properly unless I do. You can try it both ways
and see what works for you.