Is Labview Run-Time engine 2009 SP1 compatible with Windows 8

[Awhite144]

I potentially need to install a Labview executable and Run-time engine 2009 on a Windows 8 OS.  From looking at the run-time engine support, it only looks like it only shows windows 7 down to XP.  Does anyone have any experience using Runtime 2009 on Windows 8?

[Jeff-P]

Hi Awhite144,

The first version of LabVIEW to officially support Windows 8 is LabVIEW 2012 SP1. That being said, I would expect LabVIEW 2009 to work fine on Windows 8, and if you run into any trouble, feel free to post it here. LabVIEW 2012 SP1 installs a number of older LabVIEW run-time engines (including LabVIEW 2009), so it will install on Windows 8.

I have not personally used LabVIEW 2009 on Windows 8, maybe if someone else has experience with it they can weigh in, but I expect it to work.

As an important consideration, I assume you are talking about the full version of Windows 8, not Windows 8 RT. 

Regards,

Jeff Peacock 

Product Support Engineer | LabVIEW R&D | National Instruments 

[Awhite144]

Yes, I'm considering Full windows 8 OS