Looks like they don't support my OS...guess I will have to roll back to 32...grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Skipping Vista and stayng with XP was a good idea. Windows 7 64bit is a great OS though. I would highly recommend updating for more reasons than just for using Vegas 64.

thanks...guess its time to go to the 7/64 bit OS

> thanks...guess its time to go to the 7/64 bit OS

Yea, Microsoft doesn't support XP64 anymore so there is no way that Sony can support it either. It looks like you're on a sinking ship and the captain has already left!

Windows 7 64-bit is way better than XP. I left my system as dual boot but I haven't booted the XP partition in months and the last time I did, I couldn't believe how slow it was. It will be formatted when I need the extra space.

~jr

I did the same, waited out Vista and about a month ago installed Win7 Pro 64bit as a dual boot with Xp (but 32bit Xp).
I have to use Xp occasionally because some of the industrial software I use requires it.

Good news on 7?
Yes, it's really nice to have tons of RAM and huge swap files for Vue Inf as some of my projects in Vue will no longer run on the RAM limits of 32bit Xp.
Vegas? No noticable improvement but then most of my projects are still photos using pan & scan together with fairly complex audio. One downside for me is the 64bit version of Vegas will not run the Izotope mastering effects bundle so I have to use the 32bit version of Vegas (Pro 10) rather than the 64bit version.

As an aside:
I've only just started using actual video footage (I discovered I *did* have a movie camera - on my Macbook Pro) so now I am adding green screen with the Mac as both camera and teleprompter.

But... even with the good side of 64bit Win 7 be aware that there are a bunch of annoying things our friends south of the border at Redmond have done in Win7.
They have changed the place, look, name, and *access* of many things.
You may think this is no big deal but it is a real hassle if you want to set up what is your main operating system to look and act the way you want.

Bottom line:
Win 7 64bit is my default operating system, but every day now it seems this particular operating system does something to annoy me. 2 days ago, for instance it told me that it I might be running a pirated version of itself. I really do not appreciate that sort of stuff.
What to do though? Grit your teeth and bear it.

Hi Mark, add me to the list of those digging Windows 7 64 bit. I love it and I hated Vista though I know many who liked it. (or didn't care...)

That said, 32 bit Vegas has become our standard here and I'm slowly doing more and more in V64. I've the occasional burp with V64 that I haven't had with V32.

Installed window 7.Vegas 10...but now vegas won't see any of my plugins to include Sony Noise Reduction. Uninstalled and installed a few times...but nothing...I must be missing a very basic step...but for the life of me I can't remember. I know on earlier uogrades, never had to do anything for the plugins to be seen. Good news my trusty program Excalibur works fine :-)....

There is a hack that I bet will allow Vegas 10 to be installed on XP x64. Nobody seems to have tried it yet, but I will give it a go when I get around to fixing my desktop.

> ...I must be missing a very basic step...but for the life of me I can't remember.

What you are missing is that 32-bit plug-ins cannot be used in 64-bit Vegas Pro. Be prepared to upgrade all of your plug-ins (if 64-bit versions even exist). This is why most people have both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Vegas installed. Otherwise you will not be able to use 32-bit plug-ins like Noise Reduction.

~jr

What is weird...my noise reduction worked in my XP 64 bit I recently dropped in favor of window 7 64bit.......my head is spinning

Guess this is a dumb question becasue I never tried it...can you have both 32 and 64 versions on the same computer?

Apparently you can (haven't done it myself yet). So your noise reduction must have been working in the 32-bit version running on XP x64.

> ...can you have both 32 and 64 versions on the same computer?

Yes, you definitely can and should.

~jr