Installing SS6 on Windows 10

Hello

Have now got Windows 10 up and running on my laptop (For the record a Macbook Pro 17' late 2011, i7 at 2.4Ghz, 8 Gb RAM)

Initial impressions are favourable. Quite 'crisp' and clean.

WATCH OUT, if you want to do a clean install, you MUST upgrade Win7/8 to Win 10 first, so that Win 10 can 'register' that you have upgraded that PC/motherboard to Win 10. Then apparantly it's good to wait a day or so before you do a full clean install.

A slight workaround is that you can choose to 'keep' nothing, when you upgrade. Which is not quite a full clean install, but I'd much prefer to wipe as much as possible then re-install all the apps.

Anyway, .... haven't actually done much, just ran through all the settings (watch out for the one which allows Microsoft to use YOUR internet connection to upgrade othe PCs!!!!!!!!)

But, it generally feels responsive and 'nippy'. Pleasingly there was a Win 10 driver upgrade for the ATI 6770 graphics card

So, ..... am now going to install ABD SS6.

Will normally temporarily turn OFF User Account control, and run the Desktop Pre-requisites.

Are these pre-requisites still valid? As they are normally Win7/8 software?

I'm assuming is some of them aren't used/valid, then Win 10 would not install them, or put them 'to the side' so to speak.

Anything particular I shoud do/not do?

  • Larry
    OK, thanks for that. It's good to know and have some kind of timetable. I'd assumed it would be 'a good few months' which IMHO is quite understandable. I'll check some of the other forums to see what the situation is with other apps.
    For the record, it seemed to install OK, but I haven't actually tried anything with it though (graphics did seem to be a bit nippier/smoother that Win 7, ...... was pretty impressed for what is now a 4 year old laptop, .... even if it was pretty top of the range at the time)

    Regards

    Danny Cooley

    Freelance AEC CAD/BIM Technician Architecture, MEP & Structural  ..... (& ex Low Carbon Consultant, ..... because they weren't that bothered!)

    OBD Update 10, Windows 10 Pro, HP Z4-G4, 64Gb, Xeon 3.6GHz, Quadro M4000

  • A scheduled release of ABD SS6, Update 1, a maintenance release targeted for Q1 2016 will be Windows 10 compatible.

    I'm not able to comment about other applications.  You should pose the same question to those product's forums for their feedback.

    Answer Verified By: Larry Abla 

  • Hello
    Thanks, ...... yes I am aware the SS6 is not certified for Windows 10. I'm just trying it out to give myself some 'reason' for testing out and evaluating Windows 10. Am interested finding out how much of Microsofts claim that Win 10 will be compatible with existing Win7/8 holds up. What is the point in bringing out a new OS, ....... when there is no software to run on it?
    Are there any Windows 10 applications available on the market at present?
    Will just have to see how it goes

    Regards

    Danny Cooley

    Freelance AEC CAD/BIM Technician Architecture, MEP & Structural  ..... (& ex Low Carbon Consultant, ..... because they weren't that bothered!)

    OBD Update 10, Windows 10 Pro, HP Z4-G4, 64Gb, Xeon 3.6GHz, Quadro M4000

  • First, know that AECOsim Building Designer SS6 (08.11.09.829) has NOT been certified on Windows 10.  Here is the list of Supported Operating Systems found in the SS6 Readme:

    Supported Operating Systems  Windows 8.1*

    Windows 8.1 (64-bit)*

    Windows 8*

    Windows 8 (64-bit)*

    Windows 7**

    Windows 7 (64-bit)**

    Windows Vista

    Windows Vista (64-bit)

    Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later

    Windows Server 2003 (64-bit)

    Windows Server 2008 SP2, Standard and Enterprise editions (64-bit)

    Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Standard and Enterprise editions (64-bit)

    Windows Server 2012 (64 bit)

    Note: Windows 7 operating system is supported only if you have its service pack (SP1) installed.

    Bentley does not support its software running on Microsoft operating systems versions that Microsoft has "retired". Microsoft has already deprecated support for Windows XP and will "retire" it in 2014. For more information see Microsoft's application retirement policy and the Bentley Application Support Lifecycle.

    I've also included the Answer from another Forum post http://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/f/5917/t/109501 

    The Commercial Release of SS6 preceded the release of Windows 10 so ABD SS6 is not certified for operation on Windows 10.

    I have installed and opened ABD SS6 on one machine with Windows 10 but not carried out anything I would dignify with the description 'testing'.

    I have heard a couple of reports of issues with the wrong Nvidia driver so watch out for that, but otherwise I would expect ABD to behave properly on Windows 10, however that is just an opinion.

    My other opinion on the topic is that I would not migrate any production machines to Windows 10 this early. There are plenty of discussions on that topic elsewhere.

    Bentley obviously recommend using only certified combinations of application and operating system.