OT: install Vegas or Adobe products first

rs170a wrote on 3/8/2012, 7:29 PM
The IT department at work is getting ready to finally give me two new computers (Dell Precision is all I know so far) to replace the current 3-yr. old ones.
Thanks to a college-wide agreement, we can also have the Adobe Production Premium suite installed (AE, Audition, Premiere, Encore, etc.) if we want (I know, silly question!!).
I'm wondering if it makes any difference if we install Vegas & DVDA first and then the Adobe bundle or does it not make any difference?
My guess is that it doesn't matter but I'd rather be safe than sorry,

Mike

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JohnnyRoy wrote on 3/8/2012, 8:02 PM
I would install Adobe first and Vegas second. This way if anyone is going to overlay anyone else's stuff, it's Vegas overlaying Adobe (assuming you want make sure that Vegas works properly). You are probably right that it doesn't matter, but when I built my Windows 7 PC, I install Adobe Creative Suite first and Vegas Pro second and I haven't had any problems.

~jr
rs170a wrote on 3/8/2012, 8:22 PM
Thanks John. Your reasoning makes perfect sense so that's what I'll get them to do.

Mike
Steve Mann wrote on 3/8/2012, 8:39 PM
I don't have many Adobe products but I've always installed Vegas first. Never a problem.
cybercom wrote on 3/9/2012, 9:35 AM
FWIW,

I started with CS4 installed in 2008. Then bought and installed Vegas 10 with updates through 10.e, then bought the CS5.5 update and then installed Vegas 11 and have since updated to Build 525.
Only problems I ever had were with memory that was originally installed when I built the system. Intel MoBo didn't like it and I had constant crashes but only in Premiere Pro. Swapped out the RAM for Intel approved and have never had a problem since.

I don't think it really matters, but if you're concerned, install Adobe and check out everything. Once you're satisfied that it's stable, install Vegas. If anything does go wonky, it's a much simpler uninstall to get rid of Vegas, and you'll still have all the other Adobe programs working.

HTH,

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BinaryCafe wrote on 3/9/2012, 1:48 PM
My order of preference for installation is to start with the Adobe Master Collection Suite CS5, (then Lightroom), and install Vegas/DVD Architect/Sound Forge after that. On Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, Adobe Master Collection Suite has been rock solid, following that build order. I mean--seriously--I can't get After Effects, Premiere or After Effects to crash no matter what I do. Only having occasional crashes with Vegas Pro 11 with the latest build (595), usually when I work too quickly with multiple plug-ins and multiple file types, pictures and text on the timeline.

Good luck and enjoy your sweet arsenal of tools! btw, if & when your new setup is running well and you find yourself smiling, that's a great time to ask IT to capture an image of the system after the clean config is complete.
videoITguy wrote on 3/9/2012, 2:14 PM
I can say that this a problem that I have not seriously dealt with. But I vote along with others who have clearly stated get Adobe install to be completed and tested first. Here is why. The Adobe is going to work on your chosen hardware OR IT is not! Once you have proven that hardware test passes...proceed.

Now, I myself would not choose recent Vegas 10 or 11 -to be the secondary install as they may have become hardware sensitive in their own way. BETTER PLAN is to install the last well-known series of VegasPro for hardware stability which would be from the VegasPro 9 series...my choice 9.0e.
HYPERION wrote on 3/10/2012, 4:08 PM
I just upgraded to a new 180GB Intel 520 SSD and did a complete reload of Windows 7 64x with Vegas Pro 11, Sound Forge Pro 10, and Adobe Production Premium Suite CS5.5 (plus a bunch of other programs as well). I did not reload my old disk image but rather reloaded all programs manually.

I loaded the Sony products first and then the Adobe Suite. Have not had any issues or conflicts so far (1 week). I have not encountered any issues between sony products and adobe products in the past either - I think the sony products and adobe products coexist well on a Windows 7 64 bit platform.
VanLazarus wrote on 3/12/2012, 9:12 PM
If install order matters for any of the applications mentioned, then don't their installers have bugs? I hear a lot of people talking about this, and even Vegas interfering with other versions of itself. Do any of these claims have proof?