PCB Libraries Forum : XP Installation

XP Installation : Hi Nick,So far, Wolfgang hasdeinstalled...

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:34:31 +0000

Author: sgdavies
Subject: 821
Posted: 25 Jan 2013 at 7:34am

Hi Nick,

So far, Wolfgang has deinstalled .NET Framwork 1.1, rebooted an called the FootprintExpert again and got the same Error.

XP Installation : It's safe to assume this...

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:46:28 +0000

Author: Nick B
Subject: 821
Posted: 25 Jan 2013 at 3:46am

It's safe to assume this is a .NET framework issue based on your error message.

I came across a problem in the past (license related), where the license mechanism froze up if it found two certain versions of the Framework. Please try to make the following changes to the Desktop-DE machine so it is identical with the Virtual one that works:

1. Remove .NET Framework 1.1

Does that make a difference?
If not you might try to locate the following revisions on Microsoft.com --

2. Uninstall .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 (892MB) and install 2.0/SP2 that is 185MB
3. Uninstall .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (28.5MB) and install 3.5/SP1 that is 28.3MB

Note, if you select "German" or "English" language setting for download, it will likely make a difference for the size of the Framework.

I'm very curious to find out if this resolves the issue...

XP Installation : Hi Nick,This is the answer I got...

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:32:40 +0000

Author: sgdavies
Subject: 821
Posted: 25 Jan 2013 at 3:32am

Hi Nick,

This is the answer I got from our validator.

Control Panel: WinXP (Virtual Machine-English)) it runs!

ControlPanel: WinXP (Desktop-DE) does not run!

XP Installation : Can you verify you have...

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 06:24:35 +0000

Author: Nick B
Subject: 821
Posted: 24 Jan 2013 at 6:24am

Can you verify you have all these Microsoft .NET installations (Control Panel >> Programs)

Since you're in Germany, the date and size may be a bit different...

XP Installation : Hi, I am wondering if somebody...

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:54:57 +0000

Author: sgdavies
Subject: 821
Posted: 24 Jan 2013 at 1:54am

Hi, I am wondering if somebody might be able to help or shed some light on, we are a large organisation, and are slowly rolling out Windows 7, but in the mean time many of our machines are still on Windows XP, we have the network version of PCB Footprint Expert, so are installing the software on quite a few clients with XP.

one of our software validaters has come across problems with XP installations (I realise its not been fully tested in this environment) but in the mean time we would still like to get this working.

We follow the installation something like this.

1) Install Version 4.0 or above .NetFramework from Microsoft

2) Install the latest Footprint Expertfrom PCB Libraries

3) Installthe Sentinel “HASP windows GUI Installer”

4) Finally we configure the local host with our IP address and turn off Broadcast.

once completed basically the software will not run. this is a message from the validator.

I installedFootprint Expert on two PC’s under WinXP; they don’t run. Sandglas opens andnothing happens.

On avirtual machine under WinXP I installed it also, and it works.

In theComputer Management I found an Error Message.

If I openedthe Properties I get the following message. Seems to be Dot.Net. Version 4 isinstalled.