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        | doctorjerry Groupie
 
  
 
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          Is powerhome compatible with Windows 7?
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        | BeachBum Super User
 
  
  
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          Yes I’m running it on 7.
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        | nadler Super User
 
  
 
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          I just upgraded from XP Pro to Windows 7 Pro (64 bit) last
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 |  week and am running PH.  PH 2.1b runs right out of the box.
 The only issues I had were that W7 changed all my comm port
 numbers so I had to go into my macros and change them
 there.  Also one of my USB to serial converters doesn't
 work while a second one works, so I need to buy a new one.
 Lastly I needed a new USB UIRT driver (which I downloaded
 from their site).
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        | BeachBum Super User
 
  
  
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          PH runs fine but the sensitive issue is the drivers that Noel pointed out. Even though they may pass the Compatibility test they still might not work. I have also found some software is not upward compatible and I thought that was one of the advantages over Vista. Benchmarking the speed I found Win7 equal to XP and much faster than Vista.
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        | kev21986 Senior Member
 
  
  
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          I ran PH on Windows 7 for a few days without issues. I
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