Corel Draw x5 and windows 8
Ok i know this is probably the wrong section to post this problem...
But as im comfortable here and a few guysw have helped me out i thought i would try.
Moderators please bear with me...im not a expert at forums
ok so now i go out and buy X5...but but but
It dont install on windows 8....lol
tyold you guys im a dumb blonde (no blonde jokes plese..ive heard em all)
is there a solution to this problem or do i do either of 2 things
1/ Spend a fortune and buy X7
2/ forget corel products all together
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Re: Corel Draw x5 and windows 8
I don't understand why you can not get it to work on windows 8. I am running 8.1 and am having no problems with it whatsoever. What is it doing or not doing that it should be doing? If you have a valid copy of the program, maybe there are answers on the Corel site. As I have stated, I am using it on 8.1.
Milt
Re: Corel Draw x5 and windows 8
I had the same problem. I bought an academic version of corel x7 for around $100
Re: Corel Draw x5 and windows 8
are you running windows 8 or 8.1 you know you can upgrade to 8.1 for free from Microsoft.
Re: Corel Draw x5 and windows 8
Are you guys saying that X5 will run on 8.1 but not 8.0? Because according to this page only X6 and X7 are compatible.
Corel and Windows 8 compatibility
Re: Corel Draw x5 and windows 8
Well i can confirm 100% that I got X5 to load on win 8.1Originally Posted by inov8r
I will be trying to load x5 on another computer a little later than only has win 8....
i will let you know what happens and /of if i had to upgrade to 8.1 for it to load
but YES...x5 loads into WINDOWS 8.1
What basically happened was it started all normal as a disc load then all of a sudden got to around 65%-71% and just seem to sit there for hours...Well i deceided..what the hell ..I got nothing to lose..and with me good mate HERBY (walt) pushing me along...I deceided to leave it loadin overnight and off i went to bed..
Now whether it took 5 minutes or 8 hours to load im not sure..
but one thing for certain is that
COREL DRAW X5 does load and work on WINDOWS 8.1
Re: Corel Draw x5 and windows 8
Ok guys im back with good news
Corel Draw loads on both WIN8 and WIN8.1
On WIN8 it actually appears to stall at 66%-71%...once it does that simply leave it loading for about 1 hour and then simply remove the disc.
Then simply search COREL and you will see it is there.
A window pops up eveytime you open Corel saying it has compatibilty issue...Just run with those issues...
It in fact has NO COMPATIBILITY issues at all
It simply is a ploy by Corel to get you to buy a update to Corel Draw 7
On WIN8.1 It does fully load but still stalls at 66%-70%...but just leave the disc in overnight and the next morning it has fully loaded
Same message comes up everytime you open Corel but ignore it
Summerise
COREL DRAW X5 operates fully functional on both WIN8 and WIN8.1
Re: Corel Draw x5 and windows 8
The academic version will only allow you to load onto ONE computer then it is dead.
If you want to load onto another computer you need to totally delete Corel X7 from the existing computer (bit hard to do if the computer is dead) but only then will it allow you to reload it on another computer
Corel has a encoding on the disc that will require registration to operate the software. once it dies on a old computer then you need to get a re-activation code from Corel Help Desk (good luck with that) and then it will work on another computer..
Re: Corel Draw x5 and windows 8
Forget that linked page. It is a ploy by corel to get you to buy a upgraded version.
YES..Corel Draw X5 runs on both WIN8 and WIN8.1 but follow my instructions i have already posted
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