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Loading ...Adobe’s Audition audio production application crashes on computers running a new update to Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system, according to software researchers. It’s the latest in a series of compatibility problems affecting Windows Vista, Service Pack 1, which was released by Microsoft last month.
“For anyone attempting to install Adobe Audition on Windows Vista SP1, you can forget it,” bloggers at research firm NeoSmart said in a post Saturday. The researchers said Audition crashes on Vista SP1 “immediately on startup.”
NeoSmart said the problem is caused by a conflict between Audition and the way Vista SP1 implements a Windows security feature known as Data Execution Prevention. DEP is designed to prevent exploits that rely on memory buffer overflows.
The glitch is particularly bad on 64-bit versions of Windows Vista SP1, according to NeoSmart. DEP “doesn’t get in the way as often” on 32-bit versions, the researchers said.
NeoSmart’s findings are confirmed by users posting on Adobe’s online support forum. A user posting as ‘CrunchieBite’ reported “having one heck of a time trying to get (Audition) to run” on Windows Vista SP1, 64-bit.
“I am having the same problem,” said user John Villapudua.
Vista SP1 includes a number of important performance and security enhancements for the Windows Vista operating system. But until Microsoft or Adobe publishes a fix, Audition users will have to either revert to the original version of Vista or discontinue use of their $350 application.
Windows Vista SP1 has been hit with a number of compatibility issues since its release in March.
Part of the problem is that Microsoft has yet to finish ensuring that Vista SP 1 will work properly with all of the keyboards, printers, mice, and other peripheral devices commonly attached to personal computers.
Such peripherals use bits of software called drivers to communicate with the host computer.
Vista SP1 won’t install some device drivers correctly, Microsoft has conceded. The company says the issue is confined to “a small number” of drivers. The list, however, includes drivers for an Intel chipset that’s found in thousands of PCs and laptops.
The chipset is Intel’s 945G Express series — which is used in computers from virtually all major system vendors. It’s also found on standalone motherboards sold by Asus. Intel’s 945G Express chipset driver versions between numbers 7.14.10.1322 and 7.14.10.1403 won’t work with Vista SP1, according to Microsoft.
Microsoft also said Vista SP1 is not compatible with certain drivers released by Realtek, Creative, Texas Instruments and several other manufacturers.
Source: informationweek
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