Windows 10 and Sonar 7

[olek]

I am building a computer for a friend of my dads who is much older than me but is familiar with Sonar 7 producer edition. Because he wants that specific version of the software the computer needs to be on the older side in terms of operating systems. I came to this forum hoping that I could get advice on anyone who has Sonar 7 Producer Edition on a windows 10 64 bit PC to see if it works and if there are any issues. I find it a lot easier to find all the parts I need if I am working with windows 10 but cannot find any confirmation really that Sonar 7 Producer edition 64 bit will work on a windows 10 64 bit PC. I have seen the occasional person on other forums mention that it works for them but then other people say it does not work for them. So I am trying to find someone who has it working and see if I can replicate their PC build so I at least know that it works. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

[mettelus]

The bakers would need to confirm for sure, but one check you could do is pop the installation CD into a Win 10 machine and see what it says (you only need to see if the installation gets to the "Install" button, not actually install it). The only lockout that might come up is some installers check the O/S version and will not install to unknown versions (not sure if that is the case with SONAR 7 though, but easy to check). An optional bypass if that happens would be to image his current machine, install that image on the new one, get all registrations in order and then do the Win 10 upgrade to it. I am pretty sure SONAR 7 only had minimum Windows version requirements, but the bakers or installing from the CD on a current Win 10 machine would be the better answer.

Also bear in mind any hardware he is using and be sure that Win 10 drivers exists or that the Win 7 drivers still function in 10. This wasn't as big a deal going from Win 7 to Win 10 as it was when installing Win 7. Win 7 required me to replace a few pieces of gear as they would not carry forward, but I did not have that issue going to Win 10.