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LiveCycle Designer ES (8.1) on Vista?

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2008-07-08 12:28:46
Gernot
Registered: Apr 14 2008
Posts: 7

Can anyone confirm that LiveCycle Designer ES (8.1) will run on Vista? I've checked the adobe.com and they state the requirements as being Microsoft Windows. That's very descriptive but I need to know specifically as I'm upgrading my workstation and need to know what OS I should install. I've also googled around a bit as well as searched this site to no definitive answer.

Also, this is slightly off-topic, but I'm wondering if Vista is worth getting. I generally work with macs but I use XP mainly for running LC Designer. I've heard a lot of discomforting stories of Vista generating constant network traffic for DRM or whatever purposes as well as the usual complaints of being unstable and incompatible w/ legacy apps. Vista's been out for awhile now and I would hope that some of these issues have been resolved. Thoughts? Yea? Nea? XP forever?

My Product Information:
LiveCycle Designer, Windows
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2008-07-10 09:33:39
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lkassuba
ExpertTeam
Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
Here are the system requirement details for LiveCycle Designer ES from [url=http://www.adobe.com/go/lces_platform_policies]LiveCycle home page[/url]:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2,SP3 (32 & 64 bit)
Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2 or SP3 (32 bit)
Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC SP2 or SP3 (32 bit)
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server SP1 or SP2 (32 bit)
Microsoft Business SP1 (32 & 64 bit)
Vista Microsoft Vista Enterprise SP1 (32 & 64 bit)
Microsoft Vista Home Premium SP1 (32 & 64 bit)
Microsoft Vista Ultimate SP1 (32 & 64 bit)
Microsoft Vista Home Basic SP1 (32 & 64 bit)

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

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2008-07-10 10:06:54
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Gernot
Registered: Apr 14 2008
Posts: 7
Thank you for that info. I reckon I missed that pdf. I clicked on the link for System Requirements and only noticed the high-level overview. My bad for being to lazy to download the pdf.

After doing a bit more research on Vista, I decided to stick w/ XP esp. since I will be running it in a virtual environment. LiveCycle Designer is really the only thing I need to run windows for so for me, the leanest, most stable windows operating system is the way to go.

I hope someday LCDesigner is written for the Mac ...
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2008-07-17 21:46:43
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mgreco
Registered: Feb 20 2008
Posts: 21
I have been running LiveCycle 8.1 in Vista with no issues. I think it runs better in Vista than XP. I use LiveCycle at my office in XP wwhich gives me problems and at home with Vista and it runs without a problem. My Vista machine is also dual core and using 3 gigs of ram.
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