Akula Posted June 15, 2010 Report Posted June 15, 2010 OK, got a new computer with windows 7. Will I need to do anything to HCE other than re-install it on the new box, or are there any compatibility problems with HCE and windows 7. My experience with 64 bit systems is nil, so keep that in mind. If you are curious... Intel i7 Core 930 12 GB DDR 1600 RAM GeForce GTS 250 Video 1 TB HD I bought a full out gaming rig. It's working great so far. I dont' forsee having to upgrade for a while, and even if I do, the RAM is expandable up to 24 GB. I LOATHED Windows Vista...Windows 7 I'm finding myself content enough with however, pleasant surprise TBH.
CV32 Posted June 15, 2010 Report Posted June 15, 2010 HCE works fine with Windows 7, but a 64 bit system will not be able to run the Scenario Editor (except by emulation or other work-around).
TonyE Posted June 15, 2010 Report Posted June 15, 2010 If you have Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate you get an XP virtual machine from Microsoft for free to run those older apps.
Akula Posted June 16, 2010 Author Report Posted June 16, 2010 Mine is Win 7 Premium Home Edition. I might have to keep an older computer going to use the scenario editor then, which shouldn't be a problem, I already have a second set up that I use for older stuff as it is.
donaldseadog Posted June 16, 2010 Report Posted June 16, 2010 OK, got a new computer with windows 7. Will I need to do anything to HCE other than re-install it on the new box, or are there any compatibility problems with HCE and windows 7. My experience with 64 bit systems is nil, so keep that in mind. If you are curious... Intel i7 Core 930 12 GB DDR 1600 RAM GeForce GTS 250 Video 1 TB HD I bought a full out gaming rig. It's working great so far. I dont' forsee having to upgrade for a while, and even if I do, the RAM is expandable up to 24 GB. I LOATHED Windows Vista...Windows 7 I'm finding myself content enough with however, pleasant surprise TBH. Totally irrelevant, but am I jealous or what!! My good computer is a celeron laptop (15" screen) and recently upgraded to 500 Mb ram (original DDR and I had to get it second hand and what ever could be found). My hard drive is 40 gig (you have nearly that much ram if needed!!) but I use 8 an gig usb for data storage and archive stuff onto (external) DVD fairly frequently. Have fun. Don
mavfin Posted June 16, 2010 Report Posted June 16, 2010 Mine is Win 7 Premium Home Edition. I might have to keep an older computer going to use the scenario editor then, which shouldn't be a problem, I already have a second set up that I use for older stuff as it is. I just keep an XP VM around to run Harpoon and a couple other things on. My main machine is a quad-core, 6 GB, nice vid card, but I don't need to run Windows natively for anything, so I don't.
Akula Posted June 17, 2010 Author Report Posted June 17, 2010 Mine is Win 7 Premium Home Edition. I might have to keep an older computer going to use the scenario editor then, which shouldn't be a problem, I already have a second set up that I use for older stuff as it is. I just keep an XP VM around to run Harpoon and a couple other things on. My main machine is a quad-core, 6 GB, nice vid card, but I don't need to run Windows natively for anything, so I don't. I have no idea how to even set up an XP virtual machine though. Someone will have to explain it step by step for me to even accomplish that.
mavfin Posted June 17, 2010 Report Posted June 17, 2010 Mine is Win 7 Premium Home Edition. I might have to keep an older computer going to use the scenario editor then, which shouldn't be a problem, I already have a second set up that I use for older stuff as it is. I just keep an XP VM around to run Harpoon and a couple other things on. My main machine is a quad-core, 6 GB, nice vid card, but I don't need to run Windows natively for anything, so I don't. I have no idea how to even set up an XP virtual machine though. Someone will have to explain it step by step for me to even accomplish that. Well, I have VMWare to do it with, so that's like an $80 piece of software. I don't have it just for Harpoon, of course. I also run Win7 in a VM. (If you can't tell, I'm an IT geek, so this is what I call fun, along with Harpoon. )
TonyE Posted June 17, 2010 Report Posted June 17, 2010 I think all you gents with too much money should send some my way so we can buy some of my time for coding this silly game
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