Comments on: Read this before you upgrade to Windows 7

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:43:36 +0000

if your computer uses windows 95, please bring your computer to the nearest police station for demolition ASAP….

By: arnoldc

arnoldc — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:45:49 +0000

I have been using Nikon Capture NX2, View NX and Transfer since Windows 7 build 7000. No hiccups.

The only issue is when I updated from Vista to Windows 7 RTM where my Nikon Capture License was reset to eval. I have to enter it again.

By: Zon Photography

Zon Photography — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:28:32 +0000

I have been using Nikon Transfer, ViewNX, and Capture NX 2.2 (all current versions) on both my laptop and desktop with Windows 7 beta R.C. (release 7100) without ANY issues at all. Everything works GREAT> Windows 7 is a great operating system. Don’t let this hold you back from upgrading. It is worth it.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:42:15 +0000

I hope they update the WT-4 Software so it works with win 7 64 bit

By: Stephen Foster

Stephen Foster — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:21:03 +0000

This should be a non-issue. Windows 7 is an evolution of the Vista Kernel with a lot of stuff fixed from a UX perspective. Basically, if it runs on Vista now, it will run better on Win 7. There should be more issues with Snow Leopard Compatibility due to the significant changes under the hood there.

By: SoCal Dave

SoCal Dave — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:38:40 +0000

“Microsoft addressed user complaints about lack of backward compatibility in Windows Vista by introducing Windows XP Mode for Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate editions, allowing “last mile” compatibility for any XP applications that won’t run in Windows 7.”
– From eWeek.
Note that this means that even those apps abandoned completely like Capture 4 can still be run in Windows 7. Nobody seems to be aware of this compatibility mode.

By: dude

dude — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:44:32 +0000

Agreed, I have been using windows 7 for months and found no problems with Adobe Lightroom, CS4, D700, D90 compatibility, and I have been using Nikon Coolscan 5000ED for a while with the crappy Nikon Scan program and it has the same issues it had with vista and xp. Its just a shit program. Not a windows 7 issue. Windows 7 is basically vista cleaned up

By: M35

M35 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:36:56 +0000

Are you going to sit and wait for Nikon to “certify” their apps for Windows 7? Unless you are in a major production area that your business relies on, why? I think most users on this forum use their Nikon apps every so often.
Do not read 100% into the statement. Use the 80-20 rule.

As for additional memory… The apps have to be re-written in 64-bit mode to take advantage of the additional memory. Having 8GBs of RAM and 32-bit application does you no good.

By: zen-tao

zen-tao — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:24:30 +0000

Windows7 with adobe Lightroom V2.5 64bit works nice.

By: sjms

sjms — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:22:47 +0000

well they all work with the RTM of version 7 64bit so far as is

By: trickyoho

trickyoho — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:13:06 +0000

I already have a legal release version of windows 7 and I have found that the current versions posted on the Nikon USA website of Nikon Transfer and ViewNx work perfectly. Although I have not tried transferring images directly off the camera (D80) using USB.

By: George A.

George A. — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:04:25 +0000

I have Win7 64bit and I’m View, Transfer and NX2. No problem with those apps and Win7. Of course, the current versions run in 32bit compatibility mode, but I don’t see it as an issue in this case.

By: WoutK89

WoutK89 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:27:57 +0000

I thought Microsoft used the same engine (or what its called) for Win7 to prevent compatibility issues, wtf did Nikon do wrong?

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:39:54 +0000

I´m running Nikon Transfer on W7 RTM for several months now – it simply worked. There is no problem whatsoever

By: Mikael Willberg

Mikael Willberg — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:32:21 +0000

+1 on that.

Also you can run problematic software on Virtual PC or the XP-mode included with Windows 7. No I have not tried the programs in question.

Someone hoped for more RAM with new operating system, that is not possible. That is only way to achieve this is to change the operating system is from 32 to 64 bit version. After that you can really use more than 4GB of memory.

By: Brunopic

Brunopic — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:13:22 +0000

I’m using intensively ViewNX and Transfer on Windows7 RC for several weeks and have no problem. CaptureNX2 runs without any problem but I did not test it completely.

By: john

john — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:09:34 +0000

they still dont have a fix for the snow leopard users after 2 months lol…

By: Michael Krigsman

Michael Krigsman — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:07:58 +0000

I’ve been using ViewNX and Capture NX2 on Win 7 for a long time and no problems whatsoever, This is a non-issue.

By: Fried Toast

Fried Toast — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:29:10 +0000

Is the PC a quad-core as well? If not, then the comparison isn’t much of a comparison, is it?

As for your OS of choice, well… as soon as you said the word, “Vista,” the deal was off. As soon as my gagging reflex stopped, I came back to comment that Vista is just a way for masochists to abuse themselves.

By: Fried Toast

Fried Toast — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:26:14 +0000

I’ve been using Win7 for a little while now. Have been using Capture NX 2.2 on it and can tell you that it flies w/ 3gigs o’ RAM Just because Nikon doesn’t “support” in on Win7 yet doesn’t mean that it doesn’t work!

I do have to say, for the speed, I’m also running it on an Intel i7 quad-core CPU, so make sure to factor that in as well.

I really can’t say what the performance difference would be with your current equipment upgraded to Win7 + NX 2.2.