Difference between revisions of "Windows 7 support"

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This question comes up a lot in the forums in varied forms, and this page is a more explanatory answer to:

The answer is officially yes from Linden Lab, with the following caveats:

The System Requirements page needs to be updated, since "Windows 7 (32-bit)" has caused considerable confusion. Changes are pending in the queue behind other web updates. Yes, it sounds counterintuitive — dontcha wish it was as easy to change some text there as this wiki? ;)
What "Windows 7 (32-bit only)" means on the System Requirements page is: the Second Life Viewer itself is 32-bit, and is supported on both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7. What's the difference?
Some of the most common problems reported with a "Viewer 2.x and Windows 7" system are due to non-Windows 7-specific reasons:
- Non-existent or outdated graphics card drivers. Be sure to update them — that's true for every version of Windows.
- If your hardware is underpowered to begin with and doesn't otherwise meet the System Requirements, the Viewer won't run well, or at all. For example, netbooks with "Windows 7 Starter" that have too slow a CPU or graphics card.

Updates needed for this page? Contact Torley.

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