No need to apologise for any confusion; Altium effectively changed the name of the version from Protel 2004 to Altium Designer 2004 part way through that version's "life cycle", and the original designation had genuinely slipped my mind prior to Darren Moore reminding me of it. (So if anyone was to apologise in the circumstances, I should be apologising to you.)
In any event, I am glad to hear that you had some success in replacing the problem files with files from a successful x32 install. And while I wish that I could also offer you some assistance with the parallel port driver problem, I don't think that I can do so other than to suggest that you try "extending" what you did previously (in replacing files from a x32 install). >From what you have said, doing that still wouldn't permit you to run your NanoBoard from your PC, but *maybe* you could then be able to run *other* parts of Altium Designer 2004, such as its schematic and PCB servers. Something else you could try is looking at Altium's Knowledge Base (URL: http://www.altium.com/forms/kb/default.asp ) and reading whatever items are provided for the parallel port driver. I don't know whether there are currently any items which specifically cover installing/using it on XP x64, but for all that, whatever items are provided *might* still be of some value to you. And the other thing to try of course is to post another message on the mailing lists hosted by Altium and/or specifically solicit assistance for this matter, though I'm picking that you've already done that. Altium Designer 2004 is no longer the "prevailing" version of Altium Designer (as it has been superseded by Altium Designer 6 in that regard), but as far as I'm concerned, Altium *should* still be obliged to support users such as yourself who want to install it on XP x64, even if that means providing supplementary installation files, or if necessary, even providing suitably updated versions of the installation CD-ROMs. Hopefully Altium would also see the merits of doing that, though time will tell whether they actually do so. In any event, good luck with your efforts to get Altium Designer 2004 to fully run on XP x64. I'm not currently using XP x64 myself, though I'll almost certainly end up using it (or a succeeding version) at some stage, and doubtless most other users will similarly start using it at some stage as well (or in some cases be using it already). So I'm picking that your endeavours to get Altium Designer 2004 to fully run on XP x64 would truly be of interest to many users. Regards, Geoff Harland. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua H. Huber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Open Topic Forum" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 2:14 AM Subject: RE: [OT] Running Protel 2004 on XP x64 You are right, our company bought this copy before the name was changed to Altium Designer. Sorry about the confusion. I was able to get some success replacing the problem files with files from a successful x32 install. But now the installer gives me an error message that there was a problem installing the parallel port driver and closes. I know that Protel2004/Altium Designer's parallel port driver will not work on XP x64, is there any way to get the installer to skip the parallel port driver install? ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the OT discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/ot_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
