Finale 2012 with Windows 8

[gera...@earthlink.net]

When I inquired about which musicwriting software to choose, several people here said Finale doesn't work with Windows 8, and somebody said he had to remove the entire operating system.  I'd like more details about the problems you people have experienced with Finale in a Windows 8 environment.  (The manager insists it works just fine.)  I follow the instructions in the user's manual, and it doesn't react the way it should -- indeed, sometimes it doesn't react at all.  If it's true that Finale doesn't function with Windows 8, then I think I'll just try a different program instead of loading an older operating system.  Thanks in advance for your input.

[gera...@earthlink.net]

Sorry, I meant the "manufacturer" (not the "manager") insists Finale works fine with Windows 8.

[Bob Marshall]

Well, I don’t have any personal experience specifically with Finale, but I have run into a number of applications that do not work with Windows 8, including ProPresenter (and the vendor admits that Windows 8 is not yet supported). I suspect that Finale falls into that category, despite what the vendor says. We ended up backing off to Windows 7 for ProPresenter. So I think your choices are to fall back on the OS, or choose a different product. Either way, it’s messy. Good luck.

 

Bob Marshall

Cool, CA

 

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Subject: Finale 2012 with Windows 8

 

When I inquired about which musicwriting software to choose, several people here said Finale doesn't work with Windows 8, and somebody said he had to remove the entire operating system.  I'd like more details about the problems you people have experienced with Finale in a Windows 8 environment.  (The manager insists it works just fine.)  I follow the instructions in the user's manual, and it doesn't react the way it should -- indeed, sometimes it doesn't react at all.  If it's true that Finale doesn't function with Windows 8, then I think I'll just try a different program instead of loading an older operating system.  Thanks in advance for your input. --
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[gera...@earthlink.net]

I tried downloading MuseScore, and am encountering none of the flaky
problems I had with Finale. A lot less powerful and visually
stunning, true, but it actually works -- unlike Finale.

[Dean Thomas]

Like Bob, I have no experience with your combination of things.

My question is this: Can Windows 8 be run in Win7 or XP mode? I have Win7 and have several programs that limp in 7 but if run in XP do very well.
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From: Bob Marshall <ra...@comcast.net>
To: worshi...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 2, 2013 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: Finale 2012 with Windows 8

[Bob Marshall]

Speaking of ProPresenter (and this has nothing to do with the thread), I went to a church in San Jose on Easter. It looked to me like the projection software they were using was ProPresenter. So after the service I went to the A/V booth and asked the projectionist, and he confirmed that indeed they do use ProPresenter. I told him that my church had recently switched to ProPresenter, and he deadpanned “I’m sorry”. Caught me off-guard, then I realized that he was saying that he doesn’t really like ProPresenter. I myself am having trouble warming up to it, but I’m getting there. It’s not as intuitive as I’d like it to be, and it has tons of features that I will never use that just clutters things up, but overall it’s not too bad.

 

Bob Marshall

Cool, CA

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