Updating Adobe Software (Information, Ideas, and Proposals to Benefit Us All)

Question

I'm not too familiar with the forums at this point, although I have been using them for a few months to receive some great information.  However, I've got some good ideas, and perhaps you'll think of them as good ideas too.
From what I understand, at the moment, there's no way to tell what problems may exist in any updated versions of the Adobe CC software.  For example, when recently updating to the newest version of Adobe SpeedGrade, I and many other people are having many troubles getting it to use the GPU.  Because of this, it is assumed to be a software issue that we all just have to deal with.  For the majority of us, uninstalling this version, removing ALL of its remnants (which can be important when using SSDs) and re-installing to the previous, working version can be a huge hassle, especially when the permission of an administrator (such as for those who do this for a living in the workplace) is required to do so.  This is what I have to say:
At the moment, is there any way to know (by personal experience, not what Adobe claims to have fixed and updated) what problems and other changes may exist in the updated software without scouring each forum's posts for each CC application?If not, I propose creating a collective area in which people can list differences they've noticed throughout the newest version of the software and problems they may have experienced with it.
So by this point, you're probably considering why anybody should do this.  Here are the reasons that I think that this would be a huge benefit to everybody:
People, in advance, could look at the collective experiences of those daring enough to update to the newer versions.  This would help because:
Now they can decide, for themselves, whether or not to update (rather than find out the hard way since no information regarding software bugs about the newer versions were made easily available).
Remember, not all of us have an easy time uninstalling and re-installing things when parts of the new program no longer work. If there was one forum, or area, or whatever it takes, where people could post all of their experiences with any of the newest versions of the Adobe CC software, I feel that it would be a huge benefit to all of us.  Of course, people would have to be daring in the first place to try the newest software and then return to post about it, but for those of us who are not fortunate enough to do so, this would greatly help.  See, I'm stuck doing horrible color grading with SpeedGrade despite having two GTX 970s in this machine and am unable to turn back to a previous version (at least, it would make more sense for me to wait until a newer version of all the software comes out considering my employer).
Let me know what you guys think about this idea, who I should talk to in order to make it a reality, or (most importantly) if an area on these forums already exists and I'm completely unaware of it.

Answer 1

Works perfect on my copy of Windows 7 professional 64 bit. You have to install it just like a install in Vista. Install as Admin and then run the software .exe as Admin for the first time. If you have any Adobe reader product on windows 7 delete it before install of PS as it does not play well. Before and after the install make sure you defrag the hard drive. also don't forget to update CS4 to 11.0.1.
Also only do a custom install of photoshop. Just install PS CS4 and Bridge. AIR and versioncue don't mesh well with Windows 7 on install. Make sure you only install the sfotware on C drive. It is the default location and the safest way. Any anti-virus protection should be off too. The new Windows free anti-virus can stay on as CS4 installed just fine with it on.
During the PS install you will notice the install start to hang around 90 percent. This is normal, (as it did the same in Vista) and you will notice the language pack installing. sometimes it takes up to 15 mins to get past 90 percent.