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MathCad and Windows 7

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February 21, 2010
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Will Mathcad 11 work with Windows 7?

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RichardJ

19-Tanzanite

On 2/21/2010 11:48:34 PM, James4 wrote:
>Will Mathcad 11 work with
>Windows 7?

Maybe. Some people (such as Stuart) seem to have no problems with Windows 7. Others do report problems, especially with 3D plots. There actually seems to be more discussion about this over on the "other" forum, for example:

http://www.ptc.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7040

Most of the reports are about version 14, but that might just be because more people have that version than the older ones.

Richard

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ptc-1761061

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Thanks guys. Maybe I'll invest in Windows-7, but I definitely don't want to give up on MathCad-11!

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IRstuff

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On 2/23/2010 10:04:51 AM, James4 wrote:
>Thanks guys. Maybe I'll
>invest in Windows-7, but I
>definitely don't want to give
>up on MathCad-11!

You could always configure for dual-boot. Some other people here do that.

TTFN,
Eden

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IRstuff

1-Visitor

On 2/21/2010 11:48:34 PM, James4 wrote:
>Will Mathcad 11 work with
>Windows 7?

It should. I have it installed on the Windows & Release Candidate

TTFN,
Eden

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StuartBruff

23-Emerald V

On 2/22/2010 12:39:48 AM, eden_mei wrote:
>> On 2/21/2010 11:48:34 PM, James4 wrote:
>> Will Mathcad 11 work with Windows 7?
== It should. I have it installed on the Windows & Release Candidate

It works, together with M14, on my Windows 7 32-bit system.

Stuart

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IRstuff

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On 2/21/2010 11:48:34 PM, James4 wrote:
>Will Mathcad 11 work with
>Windows 7?

I've got M11 installed on the 32-bit Windows 7, and it seems to be fine.

TTFN,
Eden

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JohnArcher

10-Marble

John R Archer

I have just completed many hours on line with HP. Apparently my new 64 bit dv6z machine was shipped with an operating system error. After a complete machine reformat and reinstall of Win7 Pro, the virtual machine operated properly.
We spent many hours trying to run Mathcad 11 but it was not compatible.
However I was able to load and run Mathcad 8 Pro, and that is not too bad.
I tried Mathcad 2000, 2001i as well but they did not run.
The Microsoft compatibility site only allows for Matcad 14, but it was worth a try.

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GregBohn

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On 3/19/2010 10:52:19 PM, JRARCHER wrote:
>
>John R Archer
>
>I have just completed many
>hours on line with HP.
>Apparently my new 64 bit dv6z
>machine was shipped with an
>operating system error. After
>a complete machine reformat
>and reinstall of Win7 Pro, the
>virtual machine operated
>properly.
>We spent many hours trying to
>run Mathcad 11 but it was not
>compatible.
>However I was able to load and
>run Mathcad 8 Pro, and that is
>not too bad.
>I tried Mathcad 2000, 2001i as
>well but they did not run.
>The Microsoft compatibility
>site only allows for Matcad
>14, but it was worth a try.

I'm sorry to see you're still having troubles with the versions you are interested in.

Are you saying your old MathCad versions won't work in your XP Virtual Machines (under Windows 7)?

Just for fun, I dug out my old MathCad 2001 Professional disk and tried to install this under XP Mode of my 64-Bit Windows 7 Ultimate installation (Intel Q9650 processor based system).

For what it's worth, this seemed to install O.k. and I was even able to start MathCad 'seemlessly' in XP Mode on my Windows 7 Desktop.

I started XP mode as a normal Virtual Machine first to install MathCad 2001. This went o.k., except that Microsoft Security Essentials (that I had installed for XP mode) complained that the MathCad registration program was potential Malware because it was exhibiting 'undesirable behavior' :-).

After shutting down the Virtual machine, I launched MathCad out of 'Windows Virtual PC/Windows XP Mode applications'.

I didn't try to install MathCad 2001 directly to WIndows 7 though.

> You have shown another option that neither HP
> or Microsoft mentioned

My understanding is that Virtual PC 2007 in that case is not officially supported (because they only want you to use the Windows 7 product). But, it appears to work for most people (who try it because of lack of hardware Virtualization support).

I tried this for a while with the Win 7 Release candidate (on an old machine without hardware Virtualization support) and it seemed to work o.k., at least in my case.

-Greg

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ovanni

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I hope you find a solution. I'm trying to get Mathcad 6 to run properly on Win 7. So far is works OK, but shuts down abrubtly when I try to Save or Save As ...

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J-MarcGard

1-Visitor

Hello,

I use XP mode on a Win 7 64 bits system. It is possible to install and run MathCad 2001 but NOT MathCad 11. I suppose it is a problem with the installation program, may be.

I build a other virtual XP PC with my original copy of XP, but it is the same result : MathCad 11 don't run.

I'm looking for a solution ... ?

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ptc-1306396

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I was able to get single user licensed mathcad 11 running on XPM in W7 professional 64 bit, which I just upgraded to in the past month. Here is an update to yesterday's post, now including how to get the service updates. Since over two years have passed since the original posts, it may well be that PTC now has a new setup file or something that would work better than this. The following is what worked on my setup, using the Mathcad 11 CD labeled 309.1.

summary

- get the activation wizard working from the cd, by running mcad.exe on cd or by running as evaluation only.

- get the C_DILLA folder into XPM C:\, activated with key from PTC website form & email.

- run the cd setup program on the W7 side to load program files.

- run the service release updates to get to v11.2a on the W7 side.

- copy the whole Mathsoft directory over from W7 side C:\Program Files (x86)\

into the XPM C:\Program Files\ folder. You can cut and paste from W7 to XPM.

- in XPM run C:\Program Files\Mathsoft\Mathcad 11\regtool.exe select [Register Components].

- install e-books and extensions directly from CD on XPM side.

problem

The setup exec on the CD loads the program files into the Windows 7 x86 program directory, but setup never gets to the activation wizard part of setup. Under Windows Virtual PC running XPMode (XPM), the CD setup program would not run at all.

activation

I was able to get the activation wizard going somehow, directly from the CD. It may have been by going into D:\Mathcad\program files\Mathsoft\Mathcad 11\mcad.exe. or it might have been by by trying to run mathcad from cd with "evaluation copy only" checkmarked (no product code needed), and I can't recall if it was while running the CD in XPM or on the W7 side. I had tried so many different things that I can't recall exactly which was the one that worked, and I can't seem to recreate the scenario, perhaps because the registry is changed. But eventually I did get a message that the evaluation trial period had expired and I needed to activate the product. Then i was able to put in my product code, generate a request code, submit it to PTC, receive an activation key, rerun the CD mcad.exe which again started the activation wizard and then accepted the activation key. I remember worrying that the request code might have somehow picked up the volume serial from the CD drive instead of the hard drive, but that fear was laid to rest when the activation created a C_DILLA folder on C:\ of the XPM side. But still the setup program will only run on the W7 side, and the activation key is under XPM. The workaround was to copy the program files from the CD into the XPM program file folder, and run the regtool.exe [register components] to get Mathcad 11 working under XPM.

service release updates

I then tried to run the service release updates to get from 11.0 to 11.1 and then to 11.2a. These execs (like the CD setup program) would not run on the XPM side. However, they did run just fine on the W7 side. Run in this order:

MC11WorkProgSPA.exe

MC11WorkDocSPA.exe

MC11WorkProgGOLDSPASP1.exe

MC11WorkDocGOLDSPASP1.exe

MC11WorkProgSP2A.EXE

MC11WorkDocSP2A.exe

Not sure if you really need the first two (PTC does not include them in download page).

Then I copied the whole now-updated-to-11.2a mathcad program file directory from the W7 side into the XPM program files directory, then ran regtool.exe [register components] from the new XPM program files mathcad folder, to get v11.2a running in XPM.

ebooks

Finally, the CDs to add e-books (extension packs) work fine to install on the XPM side (unlike the M11 setup CD or the service releases). The one exception was a corrupted handbook file for the solving and optimization pack which gave the error "This handbook version is too low to be displayed". I got that to work by saving these lines in a file named SOLVE.HBK and placing that in the HANDBOOK folder, to replace the corrupted solve.hbk file.

; Solving and Optimization Extension Pack

;

.version 8

.titleSolve

;

splash splash.mcd : Welcome to Solving And Optimization

toc toc.mcd

This is just a workaround, Mono Zeftel worked on the original solve book and can maybe provide the correct solve.hbk file ?

best regards,

Mo

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VladimirN

24-Ruby III

Maurice Holahan wrote:
...ebooks
Finally, the CDs to add e-books (extension packs) work fine to install on the XPM side (unlike the M11 setup CD or the service releases). The one exception was a corrupted handbook file for the solving and optimization pack which gave the error "This handbook version is too low to be displayed". I got that to work by saving these lines in a file named SOLVE.HBK and placing that in the HANDBOOK folder, to replace the corrupted solve.hbk file.
; Solving and Optimization Extension Pack
;
.version 8
.titleSolve
;
splash splash.mcd : Welcome to Solving And Optimization
toc toc.mcd
This is just a workaround, Mono Zeftel worked on the original solve book and can maybe provide the correct solve.hbk file ?...

Hi Maurice,

Please see the attachment.

1_Solve-rar.zip

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ptc-1306396

1-Visitor

Vladimir,

The file you sent works perfectly. Thank you kindly for sending it.

best regards,

Mo

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