Is Secondlife compatible with Windows 8?

[Kess Littlebird]

I have been considering upgrading to windows 8 and I was wondering if the SL Viewers are compatible?

Has anyone tried it yet?

If so have they encountered any issues that required the software being loaded in a particular way i.e. compatibility mode or something?

Did you need to perform any hardware upgrades to continue to use SL in the ay that you are used to doing i.e. dual characters or streaming discos whilst playing SL?

Your help in preparing me for my upgrade would be greatl appreciated.

Kess

[valerie Inshan]

It's been discussed in these threads. You should find helpful advices here.

http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Answers/qac-p/Answers

[Monti Messmer]

valerie, that link goes to the answers section ;-)

argh now i cannot find the win8 thread to put a link.

Monti

[valerie Inshan]

Silly me!!! Thank you Monti!

http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Technical/Windows-8/qaq-p/1717489

[valerie Inshan]

Sorry, I gave you a wrong link in my previous answer! :smileyembarrassed: Here goes:

http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Technical/Windows-8/qaq-p/1717489

[Sokhre]

Hi Kess:

Yes, Second Life is compatible with Windows 8, I'm testing Windows 8 Professional 64-bit RTM and I'm playing to Second Life perfectly without any failure

The only thing you'll need to do after installing Windows 8 is update the drivers of your graphics card if it is old, if graphics card it is modern Windows 8 will install the drivers automatically, aside I tell you that the current versions of Windows 8 are not final versions, are pre-release versions (RTM or MSDN) and they are not complete

I have installed Windows 8 in a virtual disk just to try it, but my current operating system is Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bits.

Greetings

 

 

[Indea Vaher]

Youtube will not play in sl on Windows 8

 

[priscilla1111]

hola este visor despues de buscar mucho me funciono con windows 8 mucha surte!!

http://emergence-viewer.googlecode.com/files/Emergence_Viewer-1.5.2.549.exe