Backward Compatibility

[Cool Javelin]

This is likely addressed in the past, but I didn't find it by searching...

I  frequently log on to other computers, both professional and personal, and two of my clients upgraded from TV8 to TV9. 

I was still using TV8 at work, and as such was not able to connect to them until I either upgraded my own computer, or quit TV8 and ran TV9 in "one time" mode. 

Of course, once I upgraded , I no longer had access to my own work computer from home unless I also upgraded all of them too, including 2 desktops and 2 laptops. 

This is a real nuisance and I really don't see any reason for it.

As a result, when I DID log on, I went into their settings and disabled the "check for new version" and set "update automatically" to "update never." 

Any new versions, while running in host or server mode should allow older clients to connect. 

Can someone tell me how to cast a vote to allow this to happen in future versions.   

Thanks, Mark.

[matt]

God I wish

This is one thing that drives me mental.
When I purchased TeamViewer for a lifetime version licence, I didn't realise that their business model involved creating a new version every year, and that these weren't backwards compatible.

My solution has been to create a Virtual Machine that I run the latest 'free' version on, and keep my computers on the version that I have a paid licence for. They are madly trying to sell me a ver 9 licence at the moment, but I suspect that the time is nearly there for a version 10. It is about anniversary time.

You do realise that this is NOT official Team Viewer support, but a user run site??

[JayShoe]

SUPER ANNOYING.

As a paying subscriber to Teamviewer you're often subject to LESS quality product than when you are a free customer.

I'll probably uninstall my licensed versions and just use the free version because it's not backwards compatible and I can't be installing the older and newer versions all the time.