Win 10, 11 and VP22 across machines

Murray-Webster wrote on 10/13/2025, 6:08 AM

Hi all,

I have a dilemma, like a lot of people, I guess. I have a powerful Win 10 laptop in for repair quote, which can't 'officially' be updated to Win 11 (i7-7700 desktop processor). So wondering whether it's viable to keep it going.

What's the deal with Vegas Pro projects (I'm on VP22)? Is there likely to be a scenario where a project that's created on a Win 11 machine can't be opened on a Win 10 machine.

Is VP23 actually allowed to install and run on Win 10 or is it completely unsupported?

Then of course there is the decision to unofficially upgrade to Win 11 via Rufus etc.

Many thanks!
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RogerS wrote on 10/13/2025, 6:26 AM

There's nothing stopping you from using VEGAS on a Windows 10 machine indefinitely. There's no project incompatibility to speak of between OS versions or builds of the same OS. If the computer works for you still keep going with it I'd say.

If you're unsure you can always try the trial of 23.

Dexcon wrote on 10/13/2025, 7:07 AM

Is VP23 actually allowed to install and run on Win 10 or is it completely unsupported?

I'm fairly sure that a Vegas staff member addressed this in another post a while ago on the forum by noting that W10 is no longer officially supported in Vegas Pro 23 purely because Microsoft is ceasing global support for W10 in, I think, 2 days' time. Because of this, future advances in Vegas Pro will solely be based on W11 technology. This of course is not to say that Vegas Pro won't continue to work in W10 but there may be W10 ramifications in years to come.

I'd be more concerned about your computer's compatibility with modern versions of Vegas Pro than the Windows version currently being run. Please see System Requirements for Vegas Pro 23 -

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.com/us/vegas-pro/system-requirements/

An i7 7th gen CPU is well below the recommended specs for AI (i9 - 14th gen) or 4K (i7 - 12th gen). If you're only doing HD captured/edited video without AI FX, you shouldn't have a problem with what you have now.

Even my now 5 years old i9 10th gen is below par for 4K and AI and I'll shortly need to upgrade to newer technology.

Cameras: Sony FDR-AX100E; GoPro Hero 11 Black Creator Edition; Samsung S23 Ultra smart phone

Installed: Vegas Pro 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 & 23, HitFilm Pro 2021.3, DaVinci Resolve Studio 20.2, BCC 2025.5, Mocha Pro 2025.5, NBFX TotalFX 7, Neat NR 6, DVD Architect 6.0, MAGIX Travel Maps, Sound Forge Pro 16, SpectraLayers Pro 12, iZotope RX11 Advanced and many other iZ plugins, Vegasaur 4.0

Windows 11

Dell Alienware Aurora 11:

10th Gen Intel i9 10900KF - 10 cores (20 threads) - 3.7 to 5.3 GHz

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8GB GDDR6 - liquid cooled

64GB RAM - Dual Channel HyperX FURY DDR4 XMP at 3200MHz

C drive: 2TB Samsung 990 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD

D: drive: 4TB Samsung 870 SATA SSD (used for media for editing current projects)

E: drive: 2TB Samsung 870 SATA SSD

F: drive: 6TB WD 7200 rpm Black HDD 3.5"

Dell Ultrasharp 32" 4K Color Calibrated Monitor

 

LAPTOP:

Dell Inspiron 5310 EVO 13.3"

i5-11320H CPU

C Drive: 1TB Corsair Gen4 NVMe M.2 2230 SSD (upgraded from the original 500 GB SSD)

Monitor is 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz

Murray-Webster wrote on 10/13/2025, 10:39 AM

There's nothing stopping you from using VEGAS on a Windows 10 machine indefinitely. There's no project incompatibility to speak of between OS versions or builds of the same OS. If the computer works for you still keep going with it I'd say.

If you're unsure you can always try the trial of 23.

Thanks RogerS

Murray-Webster wrote on 10/13/2025, 10:42 AM

Is VP23 actually allowed to install and run on Win 10 or is it completely unsupported?

I'm fairly sure that a Vegas staff member addressed this in another post a while ago on the forum by noting that W10 is no longer officially supported in Vegas Pro 23 purely because Microsoft is ceasing global support for W10 in, I think, 2 days' time. Because of this, future advances in Vegas Pro will solely be based on W11 technology. This of course is not to say that Vegas Pro won't continue to work in W10 but there may be W10 ramifications in years to come.

I'd be more concerned about your computer's compatibility with modern versions of Vegas Pro than the Windows version currently being run. Please see System Requirements for Vegas Pro 23 -

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.com/us/vegas-pro/system-requirements/

An i7 7th gen CPU is well below the recommended specs for AI (i9 - 14th gen) or 4K (i7 - 12th gen). If you're only doing HD captured/edited video without AI FX, you shouldn't have a problem with what you have now.

Even my now 5 years old i9 10th gen is below par for 4K and AI and I'll shortly need to upgrade to newer technology.

That's fair enough, Dexcon. Actually, as a musician I do quite retro music and music video releases with HD quality and can't see a need for complex AI at the moment.

Thanks for bringing up the consideration to think about, though.