Inventor Install with Vista64 Laptop???

[Ziaholic]

Thanks for the cross-post ... it's good to know that more folks are sucessfully installing Inventor on a Vista64 system

... here's a copy of what I put over there ...

Originally Posted by Ziaholic

I'm on a cable modem and I've had a HECK of a time keeping my cable modem healthy during this MASSIVE download.

During the day, I get around 200 KB/sec, but at night it grows to 1 MB/sec. Problem is, my cable modem would die. I'd monitor my network traffic and when it fell to zero, I'd power-cycle my cable modem and it'd start back up.

If it stayed at zero for too long, it'd cancel the download, so I'd have to keep an eye on it. After 3 failed attempts (with 2 of them reaching over 75% complete), it finally successfully completed last night!

Now I'm extracting it. ... and after 95% I got a "path too long" error for one of the files ... I had to skip it.

It's good to hear that some of you have had smooth installations after what has been (for me at least) a very time consuming download/extraction process.

[legotech25]

I have an Alienware m17x running 64 bit Windows Vista Ultimate. I run inventor 2008 with no issues. I haven't installed 09 yet.

[Ziaholic]

I've had a few successful starts of the inventor program, and was even able to check out a handfull of the examples. ... but now, every time I try and start it, I get an error message saying that it stopped responding and WinVista gives me a chance to "send an error report"

I used the uninstaller's repair option, I un-installed and re-installed ... I installed SP1 ... still the same response. It won't even start up.

I'm worried that my download wasn't perfect and I'll have to get it again.

I'm also worried that I didn't use the "Run as Administrator" option enough. For my next attempt, next week, I'll right click each "setup.exe" and Run as Admin.

I'm gonna' have to give up for a week while I'm on work travel. I doubt that the Free WiFi at the Embassy Suites will allow me to d/l an 8.7 GB file.

Bummer. I was hoping to work on the modelling tutorials while I was on work travel this week. Oh well ... I'll focus on my Labview skillz.