People have told me that SL will not run in Windows 7>

[Sophie Endersleigh]

Will SL run in Windows 7? 

[Claireschen Hesten]

i have win7 64bit SL runs perfectly fine for me the earliest version it will work on is XP and some viewers require you to have service pack 3 the system requirements used to include windows 2000 but it's unlikely SL will work on that now

[Chic Aeon]

Agreed. I have Win7 64 bit and a friend has the 32 bit version. No problems at all with any viewer I have tried (not the newest official Viewer 2 but I am going to guess that would work fine also. 

The official viewer download page is here : http://secondlife.com/support/downloads/

And a listing of approved third party viewers is here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Third_Party_Viewer_Directory

I have installed and used, Imprudence, Kirstens, Phoenix, Viewer 2 (previous release) and now Firestorm -- all with excellent results.

Have fun!

 

[Nyll Bergbahn]

Hi Sophie, thousands of people are running Windows 7 in Second Life and here is the Wiki link confirming it runs just fine in Windows 7. Will run in Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit but in 64-bit OS will install to the 32-bit Program x86 folder.

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Windows_7

Show this link to the people who misinformed you.