# Ignition on Windows8

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-on-windows8/8991>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [September 2, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-on-windows8/8991 "2014-09-02T21:34:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![David](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@David](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/David)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-on-windows8/8991/1 "2014-09-02T21:34:18Z")

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I’ve just downloaded Ignition-7.7.0-windows-x64-installer and tried installing on my new laptop, but the installation failed (a generic ms type error like 'invalid socket x0000098) or something like that. I then restarted my computer and tried to run the installer again, and clicking on it now has no effect whatsoever. The pc is clean, or at least pretty clean. So far I have installed on MS Office, SQL Server, Java 8.

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**Author:** ![R.Alamsha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@R.Alamsha](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/R.Alamsha)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-on-windows8/8991/2 "2014-09-03T02:59:25Z")

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David

Which OS? - W7/64 bit or W8?

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**Author:** ![David](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@David](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/David)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-on-windows8/8991/3 "2014-09-03T03:06:17Z")

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Sorry. Forgot to mention that. It is windows 8.1, 64 bit. David

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**Author:** ![R.Alamsha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@R.Alamsha](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/R.Alamsha)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 4:40am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-on-windows8/8991/4 "2014-09-03T04:40:08Z")

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Check “localhost:8088” on your browser. May be ignition is already running.

BTW, i do not have W8 to test and will never use W8 for ignition. I am running Ignition 7.7 on Ubuntu 14.04/64 bit and Kepserver/OPC-UA on W7. Works perfectly. Hope Kepserver will release a 100% Linux version too in near future.

I think, SCADA is shifting to LINUX and Ignition is well positioned to capture the market.

For Ubuntu 14.04/64 bit installation, you can follow this link.  
[inductiveautomation.com/res … tion-linux](https://www.inductiveautomation.com/resources/training/quickstart/downloading-ignition-linux).

If you want to try on Ubuntu 14.04/64, i can share my experience under “Ignition 7.7/Ignition 7.7 on Linux” topic. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![sandhyaochre1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@sandhyaochre1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sandhyaochre1)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-on-windows8/8991/5 "2014-09-05T12:53:17Z")

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Is Ignition 8.1- 32 bit available

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**Author:** ![R.Alamsha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@R.Alamsha](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/R.Alamsha)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 5:15am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-on-windows8/8991/6 "2014-09-07T05:15:13Z")

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Pls visit the downloads page and check all the versions.

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**Author:** ![camila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@camila](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/camila)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-on-windows8/8991/7 "2014-09-08T11:04:53Z")

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Thanks for sharing your outstanding knowledge of ignition