I am using WIndows 7 Ultimate N x64 and trying to use PCMark Vantage. When I launch it, I get a message stating that I need Vista. Does PCMark Vantage not work under WIndows 7 N?
I am using WIndows 7 Ultimate N x64 and trying to use PCMark Vantage. When I launch it, I get a message stating that I need Vista. Does PCMark Vantage not work under WIndows 7 N?
the only difference is that windows 7 N doesn`t ship with windows media player , each and every other feature of win7 is there , so from an OS view they are the same.
what i believe it could be is in the 3dm vantage startup scan - see`s a prodcut id it doesn`t recognise and throws a fit - since Win 7N is EU only it could be the case.
Last edited by harlequin; 12-14-2009 at 07:15 PM.
Edit: Update - this problem is under investigation. I do know that Windows 7 Starter is not compatible (it is outright missing components that are required by the benchmark) but Windows 7 N should, in theory, work.
Anyway, until a patch or workaround is developed, there is no immediate solution. I guess you could try installing media player to the N version from the web and see if that helps?
I have installed the media pack for WIndows 7 N, which installed Media Player. PCMark Vantage still does not recognize the OS.Originally Posted by Jarnis
I will sit back and await for some resolution. This is a huge miss on behalf of Futuremark.
This has not been remedied at all. PCMark Vantage detects Windows 7 N and refuses to run all tests even if Windows Media and Media player have been enabled.
I tried running Windows6.1-KB968211-x64-RefreshPkg.msu via Windows Update, and also tried the smaller format package Windows6.1-KB968212-x64-RefreshPkg.msu. No joy. I went into control panel/turn windows features on or off, and enabled Windows Media and Media Player. Well now both those work, but PC Mark Vantage still refuses to run on the basis that Windows N does not "natively support" these features.
This has been noted already earlier but there hasn't been a patch for PCMark Vantage yet. I do not have a firm ETA when PCMark will receive a patch.
and since PCM Vantage is EOL for support they`re wont be a patch
Nope, it is not EOL.
This issue has been discussed about in-house and the end result of this discussion is that officially PCMark Vantage will not support Windows 7 N edition.
The engineering effort required to patch this far exceeds the practical benefit due to the fact that the N version is virtually unheard-of in the wild. Sure, it is theoretically available for OEMs to ship but we know of no cases where an OEM has actually shipped a system with the N edition, so the only practical (legal) source for it is MSDN and anyone installing an OS sourced from there is free to choose another edition.
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