Will Labview work on windows 8?

[inkspell4]

I would think not windows 8 is a completely new OS that is supposedly not supporting many windows xp/vista/7 programms

Quote From FRC Blog:


Windows 8

The software we’re releasing for the 2013 season hasn’t been certified to work with Windows 8. This doesn’t mean it won’t work, just that we can’t guarantee it, and we won’t be able to provide anything beyond cursory support if you decide to use it. We will be incorporating testing with Windows 8 in future seasons.



More later this week.

Frank

[Greg McKaskle]

I've seen LV run on Windows 8, but until they finish testing installers, drivers, uninstallers, etc, they will not say that it is supported. It seems like MS reinvents the OS every few years with grand statements about security and user experience, and they do indeed change many things, but many things also stay the same -- or simply get pushed one dialog box deeper. If you don't have a choice and only have a Windows 8 machine, I suspect you'll be fine. If you have a choice and can wait a few weeks, the suppliers and beta testers will be able to give more specific results of tests.

Greg McKaskle

[F22Rapture]

Originally Posted by inkspell4

I would think not windows 8 is a completely new OS that is supposedly not supporting many windows xp/vista/7 programms

Frank

Where did you hear that? It's true that it's a new OS, but Microsoft has always been very good about maintaining backwards compatibility (almost to a fault) and I've never come across a compatibility issue with a program on Win 7/8 that was caused by the OS itself.

You might be thinking of Windows 8 RT, the version of Windows for ARM tablets, which indeed will not support traditional desktop programs. The version of Windows 8 on desktops and laptops however should work with any programs that worked on Windows 7.

I think the final answer (for now) is still "probably, but no guarantees"