CS4 and Windows 8 compatibility

Has anyone successfully installed CS4 on Windows 8? I am currently using Windows XP and received a pop up saying Microsoft are no longer releasing updates for XP after August and I am entitled to a free download of Windows 8. I am trying to decide whether to do this but risk losing my use of CS4 which I really don't want to do. Any advice much appreciated as not sure whether to just continue with XP. Thanks in advance.

If you search Google using the terms "CS4 and Windows 8 compatibility" you can probably find various results from both Adobe and Microsoft that should give you some idea of how much of a gamble you might face in changing your OS.
In my own experience, a change in OS has yet to be a positive experience... while most people loved XP in its day, I suffered years of poor performance with it as an upgrade from the moment it was installed and regretted doing it. Maybe you've had better experience and aren't as shy of it as I am.

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Hi out there,
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As John points out, one can work with Projects of vastly larger sizes, than the amount of RAM.
For more info on setting up an NLE (Non Linear Editing) system, see Harm Millard's three great articles:
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http://forums.adobe.com/message/1967837#1967837
http://forums.adobe.com/message/1936577#1936577
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Greetings:
Anybody else having this problem? First I'll get my system blood work out of the way. It's a brand new HP Pavillion.
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Windows 7
My Graphics Card Driver
My Display Driver
I have also updated the Roxio PX Engine to V4.18.16a. I had read on a forum that Encore uses this driver and it should be up to date.
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1.     Start Encore
2.     Create a new project - specify DVD - everything else id default.
3.     Create a timeline
4.     Import asset. It is a simple Standard Video AVI file, 720x480.
5.     Select timeline for editing
Here's what happens:
A) Monitor window behaves normally. I can click play and watch the imported video. Sound is fine, everything is fine. I can start and stop the play back freely. All is well.
B) Now, I can do a number of things to create the problem I am having. The simplest is to just go to the timeline editor, select the AVI asset that has just been there, running fine, and remove it from the time line. At this point, the monitor window's internal frame that used to represent the video view port area, disappears. By "disappears", I mean that the Monitor window goes to the background color which is used for empty, unused window regions. What had been there before was a jet-black frame representing the video view area
Now, if I go to the project window and re-select the AVI asset that I was just viewing and put it BACK into the timeline, the Monitor does not restore. If I play the timeline, the monitor is still blank, although I can hear sound.
In addition to this, I also find that Encore has slowed so that response to the simplest operation is extremely slow. It doesn't crash, although, it might if I hang around long enough - but I don't. If I shut down Encore and restart it, it will work OK until I start manipulating video assets again and then the same thing will happen.
I should mention that, yes, I have this new computer but I was using Encore on an older and much slower XP system with less memory and drive space and I had no trouble with encore. I should also point out that the AVI assets that I use to produce this problem are the same ones I had used successfully on the older system.
Is there anyone out there that would find this problem familiar? Anyone find a solution?
Thanks in advance to anyone that responds.
Mark Roberts
Toronto, Canada

Hi John:
Thanks but, I had already done this. I was having THAT problem with Encore (could not even initialize before tanking) when I first installed it and that's when I updated the Roxio engine. I don't know what else there is to update or correct at this point.
There was one thing that occurred to me: When I was using XP, I had to disable Open GL in order to get Encore to stabilize. I've heard one recommendation for Encore that one must disable graphics acceleration. I would like try that here except I can't figure out how to do that in Windows 7.
I've been Googling "Windows 7 Disable Graphics Accel" and have come up with nothing useful.
Thanks for your help though and if you have any other ideas, I'm all ears.
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http://forums.adobe.com/message/2032992
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I have CS3 currently running on Vista Home Premium 64-bit. It was kind of a pain to get working. Microsoft is running a preorder sale on Windows 7 right now, and since the price is good, I am planning to upgrade (it'll be released in October I think). I was also thinking I would upgrade to CS4 by then. Will I have any issues running CS4 on 7? Also, should I switch back to 32-bit Windows? Seems like the 64-bit has some compatibility issues (a lot of software runs in compatibility mode or whatever because there is no 64-bit version).

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By the way, I also am very pleased with Windows 7 so far.
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System Specs:
Windows 7 Home Premium (Service Pack 1)
Dell
Intel Dual Core 2.93GHz
64-bit
8 GB RAM
Premiere Pro CS4 - Latest updates installed.
We've had a continual flow of problems with this program and as soon as we think we've fixed it with re-installs and updates - the problems return or new ones pop up. I'm at my wits end really and hope someone can give us some help. I cannot give you a detailed history of all the reinstalls, etc that we've done in the last 3 months or more but I will give you the current problems.
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Can someone here set the record straight please?
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There are various component which get installed along with Adobe Softwares hence it will be hard to state where exactly the installation is stopping without actually viewing the logs.
Please share the install logs from the below locations :-
• Windows 32 bit (XP, Vista, 7): \Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Installers\
• Windows 64 bit (XP, Vista, 7): \Program Files(x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Installers
The log filename includes the product name and install date, followed with ".log.gz." The extension .gz indicates a compressed format.
NOTE :- Place the log file on Pastebin.com and share the link here.

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