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 stopgap to answer:
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-* '''Is the Second Life Viewer compatible with Windows 7?'''
-* '''Does Second Life run on Windows 7?'''
-* '''Can I use Second Life on Windows 7?'''
-The answer is officially '''yes''' from Linden Lab, with the following details:
-* '''The Second Life Viewer is supported on ''both'' 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7.''' [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/32-bit-and-64-bit-Windows-frequently-asked-questions What's the difference?]
-* '''[http://secondlife.com/support/system-requirements/ The System Requirements page] needs to be updated''', since "Windows 7 (32-bit only)" 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 a 32-bit executable.
-* 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-** Non-existent or outdated  [[graphics card|graphics card drivers]].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? [http://bit.ly/contact-torley Contact Torley.]''

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