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Windows 7 and digitalCAT

by Robin Fritz

Jan 9, 2010

Has anyone had issues loading DC on a pc with 7? If so, how did you get around it. On the Stenovations forum there is a post about possibly having to take an extra step like downloading on Vista. Does anyone know what this extra step is so I don't have to wait until Monday?
Thanks!
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    Julie C. Thomas

    Hi, Robin.

    It's been a while since I loaded DC on my Vista platform, but I think the extra step has to do with signing in as an administrator. It's one of the pop-up windows that comes on when you start to install DC from the CD.

    Jan 9, 2010

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      Glen Warner

      Hi, Robin.

      I recently installed an early version of digitalCAT (build 189) on a new laptop running Windows 7. When we tried to make it work, it complained about missing the Crypto32.dll ... so I tried upgrading to build 192, but Windows 7 didn't like that, so I installed the latest version of DC3, and that seemed to work.

      As for the Vista method, you might check the videos on this page:

      http://www.stenovations.com/Tutorials.html

      It's been a while since I saw the video, but in addition to running the installer as Administrator, you also have to disable the UAC ("User Account Control") ... but before you upgrade, you want to ensure the drivers for all your peripherals will work under Windows 7.

      At my (new, to me) school, if you have a laptop, you have to connect to the HP LaserJet printer (USB connection) in the lab to print. They give you a CD with the drivers to help.

      On my irst day -- no, second day -- there, one of the students tried installing the driver on her Windows 7-equipped computer ... and that's when we discovered there were no Windows 7 drivers on the CD.

      I told her it might be best to go online and download the appropriate drivers for Windows 7. She tried, but the HP site doesn't appear to be laid out very well, so she gave up and said she'd just use her flash drive.

      Finally, neither the Drill Machine nor the Speed Teacher seem to work with Windows 7 ... so if you're using either of these programs, you may have some problems.

      Hope that helps a bit ...
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