Catia and Windows Vista

[zane2g]

I've found a solution to installing Catia on a Vista PC.......

........DON'T........you can't until Dassault come up with a patch.

Here's another solution ......

I'll base this on my problem. I brought a new HP laptop pre-installed with Vista Busines.

If you have brought a new PC with Vista Business installed you can down grade to XP Pro on the Microsoft downgrade option. You will need a copy of XP Pro which most people have brought seperately. I managed to get the discs from HP direct, I phoned up tech support and after a breif chat they turned round and said they would send me them free of charge. When you install them you use the Actuvate Using the phone option, you then give them your Vista Serial key and ask them to associate the Vista serial with XP.

bingo you can now install Catia

My computer have only one os (vista) and I could load catia as usual like windows xp

[torokilopz]

Hi

Great .Now i can say thank you!


G'night

[nana1218]

Hi all!

I also stucked with the installation process. I have tried to install it on a desktop computer and it worked fine, but now I bought a notebook and it is pre installed with a Vista Home Premium and it just doesn't work.
I couldn't reach even the setup screen because I get an error message: Windows Administration failed or something like that and it closes the install. In safe mode it starts but after while it stops again.

Does anyone know what can be this Windows Administration?

Thanks in advance!

[aminpi]

Just enter the Safe Mode page of Vista, then select 'Safe Mode with Networking' and then install CATIA on this mode. After installation completes, boot your Vista in Normal.
Have fun...

[daphnis_jan02]

"If you have brought a new PC with Vista Business installed you can down grade to XP Pro on the Microsoft downgrade option. You will need a copy of XP Pro which most people have brought seperately. I managed to get the discs from HP direct, I phoned up tech support and after a breif chat they turned round and said they would send me them free of charge. When you install them you use the Actuvate Using the phone option, you then give them your Vista Serial key and ask them to associate the Vista serial with XP."

Hi Zane2G,

Regarding statement above, May i know what are the installation CD you use for it? CATIA installation CD in window operating systems? or 64 bit window operating systems.?

IF you downdrage the VISTA into XP Pro, are means whole window operations will act as XP PRO?

SO, what will be the different you directly install it in XP PRO?

THansk

[dward.us]

I bought an HP 8510w mobile workstation with the nvidia quadro fx 570m video and Vista Business. I could not get Catia to load. I would get Administration stopped working. I read misc. forums and it looked like it was a video problem. I rebotted and pressed F8 and booted in safe mode with network support because video drivers would not load. Started my Catia install and it worked. I believe it is a nvidea problem more than a Vista totally problem. Anyway I am up and running.

[nhhv230]

Originally Posted by aminpi

Just enter the Safe Mode page of Vista, then select 'Safe Mode with Networking' and then install CATIA on this mode. After installation completes, boot your Vista in Normal.
Have fun...

Thanks Aminpi. It works.. But I had to tweak my 3D setting of my graphics driver, before I can get the application fully functional.

[jkralowell]

Dassault will support Vista (64-bit only) with a "yet to be determined" Service Pack Level of the V5R18 release. Supposedly there are no plans at all for 32-bit.