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Mko13-Aquamarine
13-Aquamarine
Sep 13, 2021 11:41 PM UTC
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Running Mathcad with Windows 11

Windows 11 will be released as early as next month.  Has anyone done some testing of the existing versions of Mathcad (i.e. MC15, Prime 3-7) to identify issues under Win 11.  Personally, I have a perpetual academic license for MC Prime 3.1, and as a retiree, I am loathe buy a subscription version.  

 

Furthermore, I have had to reinstall MC Prime 3.1 several times and it has never been an easy task.  Unless I am reasonably certain that an upgrade to Win 11 will not be an issue for Mathcad Prime 3.1, I will simply stay with Win10.

 

thoughts?
Mike

 

 

DJNewman
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19-Tanzanite
Sep 14, 2021 6:04 PM UTC

All I can really officially say is that PTC hasn't certified any Mathcad product for Windows 11, so any possible issues is just a risk.

PTC Marketer for Creo and Mathcad. I run their YouTube channels, some Creo campaigns, and all Mathcad campaigns and communications.
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o.svahn12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
Sep 14, 2021 1:59 PM UTC

Prime 7 and Mathcad 15 works fine with Windows 11 for me. What´s not working is Excel  component in Prime 7 but works fully in Mathcad 15. I was using Office 365 latest version when testing!

Regards

Owe   

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Mko13-AquamarineAuthor
13-Aquamarine
Sep 14, 2021 2:57 PM UTC

Owe,

That’s good to know.  I am assuming that you are running one of the pre-release versions of win 11.

 

For me, there is still a concern as to whether Prime 3.1 will work, or whether there will be issues with license management.


thanks for the quick reply

mike

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o.svahn12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
Sep 14, 2021 3:59 PM UTC

Hello Mike

 

yes - I´m a Windows Insider  and I tested an early  version of win 11 during my 30 day trial of Prime 7 ! Don´t know anything about Prime 3.1 !

 

kudos

Owe

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VladimirN24-Ruby IV
24-Ruby IV
Sep 23, 2021 8:08 PM UTC

By the way, for Creo there is such a document available - "Creo Future Platform Support Summary": https://www.ptc.com/support/-/media/7D1BD5F82F7B483C90454DE134F29D8E.ashx?sc_lang=en 

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ppal_25568718-Opal
18-Opal
Sep 27, 2021 9:51 PM UTC

My problem may be the other way - will future Prime run on windows 10!

 

Can't upgrade to 11 - no TPM chip.

We all have our problems.

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
Sep 28, 2021 7:24 AM UTC
@ppal_255687 wrote:

My problem may be the other way - will future Prime run on windows 10!

 

Can't upgrade to 11 - no TPM chip.

We all have our problems.

Hi,

according to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-10-home-and-pro page, Retirement Date of Windows 10 is Oct 14, 2025. I expect that Mathcad will run on Windows 10 until this date.

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    VladimirN24-Ruby IV
    24-Ruby IV
    Feb 10, 2022 9:11 PM UTC

    Next release in March this year - Mathcad Prime 8.0 is certified to run on the newest Windows operating system, Windows 11 (version 21H2).

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      Mko13-AquamarineAuthor
      13-Aquamarine
      Feb 10, 2022 11:55 PM UTC

      Vladimir,

      that is good to know, but as I explained at the beginning of this thread, as a retired guy, buying the new version of Mathcad is not on my radar.  Furthermore, my desktop doesn’t meet Win 11 system requirements either, so I’ll be on Win10 a while longer.

       

      thanks

      mike

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      FD_12445573-Newcomer
      3-Newcomer
      Jan 1, 2025 9:30 PM UTC

      I have been a mathcad user since Mathcad for windows 3.1.  It's been so long that maybe it was Mathcad 3.1?  Not sure.  I have been using Mathcad 15 for many years.  I recently purchased a Windows 11 Laptop and Mathcad will not install on it.  The install claims that it requires NET 3.5 and when it provides a link to Microsoft for that install.  However, the file is no longer available.  The install will not go any further without the old NET files.

      Does anyone have a workaround for this?  

      Any help would be greatly appreciated.

      Regards,

      Frank DiJoseph

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      Mko13-AquamarineAuthor
      13-Aquamarine
      Jan 2, 2025 12:23 AM UTC

      Frank,

      Sorry, I cannot help with your inquiry. Mathcad 15 is now a pretty old version and has been superseded by Mathcad Prime (current revision is 10). I could not get my academic version of mathcad prime 3.1 to install under windows 11 either and now use mathcad prime 10 express.

       

      mike

       

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