Current thinking on Windows Vista and E-Prime?

[David McFarlane]

Nothing has changed with regard to reliability of E-Prime 2 under 
Vista.  Note that the latest build of EP2 (2.0.8.22) was released 
over a year ago on 21 May 2008, and nothing has changed since 
then.  So all the reported problems remain:  Delays and crashes when 
playing sound (http://support.pstnet.com/forum/Topic1361-12-1.aspx ), 
crashes when playing movies 
(http://support.pstnet.com/forum/Topic1850-4-1.aspx ), anomalies in 
measured response times 
(http://support.pstnet.com/forum/Topic2994-12-1.aspx ).

In short, DO NOT use Vista for E-Prime 2!  E-Prime 1, by contrast, 
does seem to work OK under Vista.  Nevertheless, I would go even 
further to insist that Vista not be used for running any experiments, 
as Vista simply has not proved itself reliable for laboratory use in 
the way that XP has.  OK though to use Vista for *developing* the 
experiment programs and then move them to XP machines for running 
subjects, if you can get through the occasional glitches during 
development -- that's what I do.

-- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder


>Earlier this year there were concerns about the reliability of E-Prime
>under Vista (timing accuracy was one issue). What is the current
>thinking on Vista and E-Prime. Is it still a combination to avoid?
>
>Gary Samson, Senior Experimental Officer
>Department of Psychology
>University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NP
>Tel: 01227 823079 Fax: 01227 827030
>www.kent.ac.uk/psychology


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