Will Macrium Reflect 8 work in Windows XP Pro (SP-3)?

Phil
Windows 10 Pro
Windows XP- SP-3

The System Requirements page of the Reflect V8 KB section, direct link here, indicates that the minimum OS is still only XP SP3 or Server 2003.  So if that is accurate, then it seems so.

Didn't XP need to be some kind of patched for non signed installations?  I admit that's over my head, but I thought there was some kind of limitation with v8 and older Windows needing some kind of patches for proper digital signatures for the installation.  Maybe it's in SP3; I don't know.

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jphughan - 19 May 2021 3:01 PM

The System Requirements page of the Reflect V8 KB section, direct link here, indicates that the minimum OS is still only XP SP3 or Server 2003.  So if that is accurate, then it seems so.

Thank you!  I will be upgrading then.

Phil
Windows 10 Pro
Windows XP- SP-3

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Nick - 19 May 2021 12:16 PM

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laszlo1 - 19 May 2021 4:03 AM

I would like a larger font size, because even at 175 DPI the font size is very small. I can hardly see it.

Thanks for the comment. We're looking at adding an option in Reflect to choose the font point size, and we hope to have this available for the next update. At this stage we can't tell you when this will be, but it won't be a very long wait.

Thank you for your reply, I look forward to it!

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dbminter - 19 May 2021 3:18 PM

Didn't XP need to be some kind of patched for non signed installations?  I admit that's over my head, but I thought there was some kind of limitation with v8 and older Windows needing some kind of patches for proper digital signatures for the installation.  Maybe it's in SP3; I don't know.

Not sure what happened initially.  When I installed Reflect on my XP machine in 2017, it worked fine.  One update (7.2.4859) caused problems, but when I contacted support, they immediately sent me a fix.

Phil
Windows 10 Pro
Windows XP- SP-3

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dbminter - 19 May 2021 3:18 PM

Didn't XP need to be some kind of patched for non signed installations?  I admit that's over my head, but I thought there was some kind of limitation with v8 and older Windows needing some kind of patches for proper digital signatures for the installation.  Maybe it's in SP3; I don't know.

Ah yes, there was some issue about drivers with signatures that use the newer SHA256 algorithm or something.  I now remember some comment along those lines during the beta.  In that case the System Requirements KB may be incorrect, or perhaps that issue was worked around.

@phrab You may want to download a V8 trial and make sure it installs before upgrading, just to be safe.

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jphughan - 19 May 2021 3:53 PM

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dbminter - 19 May 2021 3:18 PM

Didn't XP need to be some kind of patched for non signed installations?  I admit that's over my head, but I thought there was some kind of limitation with v8 and older Windows needing some kind of patches for proper digital signatures for the installation.  Maybe it's in SP3; I don't know.

Ah yes, there was some issue about drivers with signatures that use the newer SHA256 algorithm or something.  I now remember some comment along those lines during the beta.  In that case the System Requirements KB may be incorrect, or perhaps that issue was worked around.

@phrab You may want to download a V8 trial and make sure it installs before upgrading, just to be safe.

Thank you. Great idea.  I actually intend to order 3 of them (Win10, XP, & a friend), but will wait a few weeks.

Phil
Windows 10 Pro
Windows XP- SP-3

@phrab Ok it's official.  The FAQ page here addresses compatibility.  It turns out that due to code signing algorithm deprecations, Vista 64-bit and Server 2008 64-bit are no longer supported, but the 32-bit versions of those two OSes and the even older XP both work because because they don't perform code signature checks the first place.

That's right!  I remember now that you said it.  It was just the 64 bit versions of Vista; I had forgotten it also affected Server 2008.  And that the 32 bit versions were unaffected.