After a titanic struggle and two attempts at downloading I am pleased to say that I now have Halion 6 working happily with WIN 7
I had to overcome a problem where my WIN updates hung on searching my PC for updates first. Once I cracked that, I updated everypatch I could find - first to no avail, then
Matthias from Steinberg wrote…
The critical issue might be the Direct2D update. So you should properly try this one:
Platform update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 - Microsoft Support
The 2D patch was the one Eureeka!
I guess I was to quick to purchase, download and install in my enthusiasm, without first checking the small print!
I assumed as I downloaded an upgrade to Cubase 9 last week and that WIN 7 is the DAW worlds most popular platform that of course Steinberg would be supporting WIN 7 - I didn’t bother to check!
Maybe they could have put a clearer warning that WIN7 was not supported somewhere near the purchase page? They certainly caught a lot of us on the hop!
Anyway now it is up and running, I can say what a terrific game changer H6 is! Fantastic!