Difference between revisions of "Windows Vista"

Latest revision as of 14:15, 13 October 2008

Second Life has Windows Vista support for recent graphics cards with updated drivers. See System Requirements. Much of the below is deprecated and retained for historical context.

Graphics Driver Info

Update your graphics drivers first!

You need the latest drivers for your video card to run Second Life with Windows Vista.

Microsoft's own update service, as noted in many sources such as OpenGL.org and various reports, does not contain the proper OpenGL ICD. What this means is that to have full hardware acceleration and better compatibility in Vista, you will likely have to go to your video card manufacturer's web site to download and install the latest Vista divers:

Graphics Drivers

Please do this before going further. The majority of the complaints we've heard were resolved by doing this upfront.

Blog posts

Vista support in Second Life - Dated 2007-07-20, and has more recent info from Aric Linden on how our progress is coming along.

Windows Vista Status - Dated 2007-02-09 from the Official Linden Blog. Steve Linden explains why the First Look Viewer is an important step towards Vista compatibility.

Support Info

Public Issue Tracker

You can search for "vista" to see issues fellow Residents have reported.

Forum threads

You can discuss in the Technical Issues forum. Also try an Advanced Search. Note that some of this info is deprecated and kept here for legacy purposes only.

Vista? - General info.
Will SL Work on Windows Vista?
Ati - Vista - OpenGL drivers out followed up by Windows Vista / ATI Update on the blog
Windows Vista/ SL hardware problems

Personal experiences

If you would like to read or share comments on running Second Life with Windows Vista, please see Talk:Windows Vista

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-I ([[User:Torley Linden|Torley Linden]]) started this page because we're getting a lot of questions about whether Second Life supports [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/default.mspx Windows Vista] or not. Officially at this time (2007-08-27), not yet, hence why the [http://secondlife.com/corporate/sysreqs.php System Requirements] page says:
+{{Help|BugFixes=*}}
-: <b>NOTE: Second Life does NOT currently support Windows Vista</b>
+'''[[Second Life]] has Windows Vista support for recent graphics cards with updated drivers. [http://secondlife.com/corporate/sysreqs.php  See System Requirements].''' Much of the below is deprecated and retained for historical context.
-We're continuing to do compatibility testing. In the meantime, do know that there are a growing number of Residents having no problems running Second Life with Vista. Here are some resources to ease the transition:
+== Graphics Driver Info ==
-== Official info ==
 === Update your graphics drivers first! ===
-'''Be ''SURE'' to get the latest drivers direct from the manufacturer ''before'' trying Second Life with Windows Vista.'''
+'''You need the latest drivers for your video card to run Second Life with Windows Vista.'''
-Microsoft's own update service, as noted in many sources such as [http://www.opengl.org/pipeline/article/vol003_7/ OpenGL.org] and [http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=41979&cid=572504 various reports], does ''not'' contain the proper [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opengl OpenGL] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface_Control_Document ICD]. What this means is that to have full hardware acceleration and better compatibility in Vista, you will likely ''have'' to go to:
-* [http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp NVIDIA]
+Microsoft's own update service, as noted in many sources such as [http://www.opengl.org/pipeline/article/vol003_7/ OpenGL.org] and [http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=41979&cid=572504 various reports], does ''not'' contain the proper [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opengl OpenGL] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface_Control_Document ICD]. What this means is that to have full hardware acceleration and better compatibility in Vista, you will likely ''have'' to go to your video card manufacturer's web site to download and install the latest Vista divers:
-or
-* [http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html ATI]
-depending on your graphics card, to download and install the newest stable drivers. Please do this before going further. The majority of the complaints we've heard were resolved by doing this upfront.
+[[Graphics Drivers]]
-We're also aware that laptop chipsets may be require specific drivers not available on those sites — please go to your laptop manufacturer's website and look for updates there, or contact their support to inquire further.
+Please do this before going further. The majority of the complaints we've heard were resolved by doing this upfront.
 === Blog posts ===
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 * [http://blog.secondlife.com/2007/02/09/windows-vista-status/ Windows Vista Status] - Dated 2007-02-09 from the [http://blog.secondlife.com Official Linden Blog]. Steve Linden explains why the [http://secondlife.com/community/firstlook.php First Look Viewer] is an important step towards Vista compatibility.
+== Support Info ==
 == [https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Issue_tracker Public Issue Tracker] ==
 You can search for "vista" to see issues fellow Residents have reported.
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 == Personal experiences ==
-If you've used Second Life on Windows Vista- successfully or otherwise, please share your experience on  [[Talk:{{PAGENAME}}]]
+If you would like to read or share comments on running Second Life with Windows Vista, please see  [[Talk:{{PAGENAME}}]]