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Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) vs NI-DAQmx
NI provides the Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) driver to support developers with legacy code needing to run on 32-bit versions of Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.
NI-DAQmx replaced Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) in 2003. NI strongly recommends using NI-DAQmx for new designs and migrating existing Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) applications to NI-DAQmx. Please review the
Getting Started with NI-DAQmx guide for more information on migration.
Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) Windows 64-bit Support
64-bit versions of Windows are not supported. These versions of Windows are only supported by the newer NI-DAQmx driver.
Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) Windows 32-bit Support
Use this article to determine the version of Traditional NI-DAQ installed on your system.
Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) Windows Version SupportTraditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) Version | Windows Vista | Windows 7 | Windows 8 | Windows 10 |
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<7.4.4 | Unsupported | Unsupported | Unsupported | Unsupported |
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7.4.4 | Unsupported | Unsupported | Unsupported | Unsupported |
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7.5 | Supported | Supported | Supported | Unsupported |
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Note: All Windows version support noted is 32-bit only.
Troubleshooting Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) Installations