EA dropped XP support for Origin only 3 years ago. And very small amount used XP in 2013 already.
It will be extremely stupid to drop Win7 support already, especially since 1/5-1/4 of gamers still use Win7.
I have the same problem on Win7. No problems installing on Win10.
I can't even install EA Desktop at all though I I keep using Win7. Here's the pic: EA Desktop Installer Missing a Log
Please Help...
@VBProject wrote:
EA dropped XP support for Origin only 3 years ago. And very small amount used XP in 2013 already.
It will be extremely stupid to drop Win7 support already, especially since 1/5-1/4 of gamers still use Win7.
I have the same problem on Win7. No problems installing on Win10.
JFYI - The latest Steam Hardware survey says 5% and quickly going down + I would imagine the %age is even lower on Origin.
Windows 7 64bit may only be 5% on Steam but interestingly enough, its still the second most used operating system. Meaning its used significantly more than any MacOs version, Linux distro, Windows 8.1, and even Windows 10 32 bit.
@Buff3rbl0at wrote:Windows 7 64bit may only be 5% on Steam but interestingly enough, its still the second most used operating system. Meaning its used significantly more than any MacOs version, Linux distro, Windows 8.1, and even Windows 10 32 bit.
I don't get why clients cut XP/Vista before they cut x86. There's probably more modern games that run on Vista x64 than 7 x86.
And your mistake is looking at steam survey, it is not a demonstration of market share, it is a demonstration of what has been used with new steam installs.
Windows 7's installation base is still 15-20%
The fix is probably as simple as this
https://github.com/microsoft/CNTK/pull/237/commits/c51b913ba368e01288a8dd6307e6b4dcb4aa4460
@Squa11_Le0nhart wrote:And your mistake is looking at steam survey, it is not a demonstration of market share, it is a demonstration of what has been used with new steam installs.
Windows 7's installation base is still 15-20%
The fix is probably as simple as this
https://github.com/microsoft/CNTK/pull/237/commits/c51b913ba368e01288a8dd6307e6b4dcb4aa4460
Probably, will try testing if that is the case
@asdf23451 wrote:
@Squa11_Le0nhart wrote:And your mistake is looking at steam survey, it is not a demonstration of market share, it is a demonstration of what has been used with new steam installs.
Windows 7's installation base is still 15-20%
The fix is probably as simple as this
https://github.com/microsoft/CNTK/pull/237/commits/c51b913ba368e01288a8dd6307e6b4dcb4aa4460
Probably, will try testing if that is the case
Renamed a random .dll to api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll, and the installer instantly closes when opened. Copying the .dll from a 8.x install does work, but I run into a OS block. I've also tried 8.0/Server 2012 R1, and it opens without needing to fool around with .dll files, but it encounters the OS block too
the installer needs to be rebuilt with the changes
@Squa11_Le0nhart wrote:
And your mistake is looking at steam survey, it is not a demonstration of market share, it is a demonstration of what has been used with new steam installs.
Windows 7's installation base is still 15-20%
The fix is probably as simple as this
https://github.com/microsoft/CNTK/pull/237/commits/c51b913ba368e01288a8dd6307e6b4dcb4aa4460
I don't agree that it's a mistake. Steam is a gaming client. Origin is a gaming client. They hit the same segment, people who install gaming clients, which is why the Steam Survey is the perfect statistic to use in this case.
@Carbonic wrote:
@Squa11_Le0nhart wrote:And your mistake is looking at steam survey, it is not a demonstration of market share, it is a demonstration of what has been used with new steam installs.
Windows 7's installation base is still 15-20%
The fix is probably as simple as this
https://github.com/microsoft/CNTK/pull/237/commits/c51b913ba368e01288a8dd6307e6b4dcb4aa4460
I don't agree that it's a mistake. Steam is a gaming client. Origin is a gaming client. They hit the same segment, people who install gaming clients, which is why the Steam Survey is the perfect statistic to use in this case.
I hate how people use a gaming client with an obviously biased surveying method as one of the ways to look at what OS or hardware people use. I reinstall Windows all the time, hopping from Windows 7, to Server 2008, back to Windows 7 again, then Windows 7 on a different SSD, and within this week I should be installing Windows Server 2012. I also swap hardware in and out too, graphics cards, USB cards, RAM sticks, etc. According to others on the internet, this should make my system be the best case scenario for getting the survey, but I've never seen Steam naturally prompt me for a survey in years.
What would the bias in the Steam survey be?
Windows 7 is a dying OS, and wile I am sure that EA will make EA Desktop compatible until at lest end of Extended Security Updates, just to don't loose possible Customers, I also agree with @Carbonic, it should not be supported.
Securing Windows 7 now, after it is end of live, is much more complicated than what people on this thread seem to think. Most people that still use it want or cant do it.
And so it becomes a security risk to others as well.
Ban people from playing their games, which run perfectly fine on Windows 7???
Origin and EA Desktop should still support not just 7 but XP or at least have some legacy installer so people can download games they bought.
I wasn't asking for your agreeance, I don't seek approval from those that are wrong.
