Difference between revisions of "Windows Vista"

Revision as of 14:32, 20 March 2007

I (Torley Linden) started this page because we're getting a lot of questions about whether Second Life supports Windows Vista or not. Officially at this time (2007-03-20), not yet, hence why it says:

NOTE: Second Life does NOT currently support Windows Vista

so we'll update the System Requirements page when we do support Vista. (I haven't personally used Vista.) In the meantime, here are some resources to ease the transition:

Forum threads

You can discuss in the Technical Issues forum. Also try an Advanced Search.

Knowledge Base

Does Second Life run on Windows Vista? - Dated 2006-10-26. An older article, but some things you may want to know.

Official Linden Blog

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

Public Issue Tracker

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

Personal experiences

Please share info in the following example format:

Resident name:

System: (copy-and-paste the info from Help menu > About Second Life)

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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 Windows Vista or not. Officially at this time, not yet, and we'll update the [http://secondlife.com/corporate/sysreqs.php System Requirements] page when we do. (I haven't personally used Vista.) In the meantime, here are some resources to ease the transition:
+I ([[User:Torley Linden|Torley Linden]]) started this page because we're getting a lot of questions about whether Second Life supports Windows Vista or not. Officially at this time (2007-03-20), not yet, hence why it says:
+: <b>NOTE: Second Life does NOT currently support Windows Vista</b>
+so we'll update the [http://secondlife.com/corporate/sysreqs.php System Requirements] page when we do support Vista. (I haven't personally used Vista.) In the meantime, here are some resources to ease the transition:
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