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M12 running on Win7?

JC
1-Newbie
1-Newbie

M12 running on Win7?

I'm having the same problem that an awful lot of people seem to be having - m12 installs just fin on a Win7 64-bit machine, but the program won't actually run. I installed .Net 1.1 and MsXML directly from the CD.

I've tried running in Compatibility Mode for XP SP2, XP SP3, Vista, and Vista SP2 - all with the same result. The UAC warning pops up, the process starts but then abruptly terminates.

Has anyone solved this problem or have any troubleshooting hints?

The following event log entry is the only hint I've got at the moment

Log Name: Application

Source: Windows Error Reporting

Date: 1/23/2012 1:33:21 PM

Event ID: 1001

Task Category: None

Level: Information

Keywords: Classic

User: N/A

Computer: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Description:

Fault bucket , type 0

Event Name: PCA2

Response: Not available

Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:

P1: mcad.exe

P2: 12.1.3.0

P3: Mathcad 11

P4: Mathcad 11

P5: Mathsoft Engineering & Education, Inc.

P6: 200

P7: -1

P8:

P9:

P10:

Attached files:

C:\Users\jc\AppData\Local\Temp\{b0df6c6d-0482-47a6-acc4-3abfec883fc1}\appcompat.txt

C:\Users\jc\AppData\Local\Temp\TabAEA.tmp

These files may be available here:

Analysis symbol:

Rechecking for solution: 0

Report Id: 1b031096-45f9-11e1-87a6-2c27d744edb2

Report Status: 0

Event Xml:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

<System>

<Provider Name="Windows Error Reporting" />

<EventID Qualifiers="0">1001</EventID>

<Level>4</Level>

<Task>0</Task>

<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>

<TimeCreated SystemTime="2012-01-23T19:33:21.000000000Z" />

<EventRecordID>2759</EventRecordID>

<Channel>Application</Channel>

<Computer>XXXXXXX</Computer>

<Security />

</System>

<EventData>

<Data>

</Data>

<Data>0</Data>

<Data>PCA2</Data>

<Data>Not available</Data>

<Data>0</Data>

<Data>mcad.exe</Data>

<Data>12.1.3.0</Data>

<Data>Mathcad 11</Data>

<Data>Mathcad 11</Data>

<Data>Mathsoft Engineering &amp; Education, Inc.</Data>

<Data>200</Data>

<Data>-1</Data>

<Data>

</Data>

<Data>

</Data>

<Data>

</Data>

<Data>

C:\Users\jc\AppData\Local\Temp\{b0df6c6d-0482-47a6-acc4-3abfec883fc1}\appcompat.txt

C:\Users\jc\AppData\Local\Temp\TabAEA.tmp</Data>

<Data>

</Data>

<Data>

</Data>

<Data>0</Data>

<Data>1b031096-45f9-11e1-87a6-2c27d744edb2</Data>

<Data>0</Data>

</EventData>

</Event>

8 REPLIES 8
Fred_Kohlhepp
23-Emerald I
(To:JC)

It's time to bite the bullet!

Much of the discussion was in the old Collaboratory and didn't get brought forward, but version 12 was one of the poorest ever versions of Mathcad ever released. If you can't get it to run, take that as a sign, wait a month and buy Prime 2.0 (which will come with a full-up version 15.) Version 15 is about the best version since version 11. Prime is the future of Mathcad (whether we like it or not.) By Prime 4 (or 5, 6, ...) it should have the capability of 15. Meantime, you can get two for the price of one. You can also downlowd a month-long evaluation copy, to hold you until Prime 2 is released.

Its definitely been a while since I've updated the software. But as I look around, I see posts about every version of Mathcad from 11 to 15 having these same problems. So I'm not convinced that sending PTC more money would actually be a solution...

I suspect that the root is related to Win7 UAC, perhaps with some of the underlying components like MSXML.

VladimirN
24-Ruby II
(To:JC)

Why do not you update your version of Mathcad 12?

MikeArmstrong
5-Regular Member
(To:VladimirN)

Why do not you update your version of Mathcad 12?

Maybe $$$$$

Mike

But there is a difference who pays - you or the company where you work .

MikeArmstrong
5-Regular Member
(To:VladimirN)

Good point

Mike

Need to convince the company to need to update the software.

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