Microsoft Picture It! Premium 10

Ha ha... Has anyone on this site actually tried installing picture it 10 on windows 8 or 8.1.  I have.  It runs fine on both!  It's such a pity you can't still get it though.  I've just got a new laptop and have lost the disc.   I'd suggest for all of you guys on here weeping away to just try and install it.   I had no problems at all.

I do a ton of photo editing and I love Picture It Premium 10. I've had it for many many years. I also use Photoshop Elements 12 but for a lot of my editing I still prefer Picture It. It is not as powerful as Elements but it's a lot more intuitive and just plain easier to use and prefer the file organizer over PSE's.

A few years ago when I got a new computer it came with Windows 7 Home. I found out that I needed to upgrade to Windows Pro in order to get the backwards compatibility. The programs kind of run in a virtual environment. Everything installed perfectly and is nicely integrated with the rest of the computer and I have never had any issues.

Unfortunately that's where they scr** people over because I had to pay an additional $150.00+ just to get that feature in order to keep a bunch of my programs working. Has anyone checked to see if the upgrade is an option with 8 or 8.1?

Lack of compatibility with programs and peripherals has been a major issue with Windows 8 and 8.1.

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Maybe the following link to the compatibility Center would be

worth a look.  38 out of 50 users say MS Digital Image Suite 10

is compatible with Win 8.1

Microsoft Digital Image SuiteVersion10

MS Digital Image Suite is just an Advanced Version of MS Picture It!.

There is still a free 60 day trial version of Digital Image Suite 2006

if you would like to try it. (This is version 11)

(FWIW...it's always a good idea to create a System

Restore point before installing software or updates)

Microsoft Digital Image Starter Edition 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=11954

(this product line has been discontinued but you can still

download the Starter Version and run it for 60 days)

Unlike the retail version...the trial does not have the ability

to create VCDs and it does not include the clipart and

pre-formatted projects.

Even though the product line is discontinued...it is still possible

to find copies at online sites like Amazon and eBay.

If you do not wish to purchase new software to experiment with...

the following article on installing Win XP Mode on Win 8.1 may be

interesting.

How to Get a Windows XP Mode Virtual Machine on Windows 8.1

Good Luck

I do a ton of photo editing and I love Picture It Premium 10. I've had it for many many years. I also use Photoshop Elements 12 but for a lot of my editing I still prefer Picture It. It is not as powerful as Elements but it's a lot more intuitive and just plain easier to use and prefer the file organizer over PSE's.

A few years ago when I got a new computer it came with Windows 7 Home. I found out that I needed to upgrade to Windows Pro in order to get the backwards compatibility. The programs kind of run in a virtual environment. Everything installed perfectly and is nicely integrated with the rest of the computer and I have never had any issues.

Unfortunately that's where they scr** people over because I had to pay an additional $150.00+ just to get that feature in order to keep a bunch of my programs working. Has anyone checked to see if the upgrade is an option with 8 or 8.1?

Lack of compatibility with programs and peripherals has been a major issue with Windows 8 and 8.1.