Windows Vista and 9.1, Windows 2000 and 10.0

[Intel_C_Intel]

Hi

I notice that Windows 2000 support has been dropped from version 10.0 of the Intel Visual Fortran Compiler, both for developing and deployment. This is a problem for us as our developers use some tools that aren't supported on Windows XP or Vista, and some of our customers still have Windows 2000 as well. Is there any way round this problem?

Also the statement in the readme for the 9.1 compiler about support of Vista doesn't mention deployment, only developing. I'd like to ask whether there are any known problems running programs built with the 9.1 compiler on Windows Vista?

Thanks in advance,

Mark

[Steven_L_Intel1]

I'm not aware that we made any changes in the run-time environment for Vista, so your 9.1 applications should run fine. I don't know of a way to force 10.0 to install on Windows 2000.

[Intel_C_Intel]

Thanks Steve

[g_f_thomas]

Mark:

I run 9.1.038 and 10.0.026 out of VS 2005 on Vista. Works fine.

Steve:

How do you clear the Tools/Options/Intel Fortran/ Selected Compiler dropdown of entries for IVF compilers thatare no longer available they having been uninstalled?

Thanks

Gerry

[Steven_L_Intel1]

If the entry didn't get removed automatically (and I know for some releases it didn't), run regedit, and under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREIntelCompilersFortran you'll find a tree for each version. Delete the ones you no longer have.

Note that with version 10, updates do not replace previous 10.0 installs, they're available "side by side". If you don't want this, uninstall the old version first (later may work too, but I prefer first.) We'd appreciate comments from users about this new install model. The intent was to allow customers to install updates and test them without perturbing other users of the compiler on the system. If people have suggestions for different approaches, let us know.