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Altium How To Win 7 Time

In the beginning there was Protel, before they became Altium. A small Australian company that developed good schematic/pcb cad software at a great price.

I bought my copy of Protel Advanced PCB 2.8/Advanced Scematic 3 in the late 90's. It was excellent software and still is. I definitely preferred it to the Protel 98/99. Not able to afford the $10k price tag of Altium Designer 15 I've been looking at reusing the old software for hobby purposes.

It runs fine under WinXPx32, but my 2 computers run Win10x64 and Win7x32. Virtual machines work very well, but they are a bit cumbersome to use: You have to boot them and then get your info in and out of them, they also have to be configured. So I tried to run the Protel under Win7x32 and found the schematic program was fine but the pcb software would have its buttons corrupted if you opened it, closed it then opened it again. The problem lies with the 16 bit DLL, BWCC.DLL.

Doesn't matter what version you use the problem is the same. It doesn't happen under WinXPx32, but there are problems if you use the Microsoft XP extension to Win7x32. It looks like there is a problem with the 16 to 32 bit code in Win7x32, WOWEXEC.EXE. The solution to the corrupted buttons is: 1. Just 'Log off' and back in or 2. Open Task Manager and close the process 'wowexec.exe' Then you can open Advanced PCB 2.8 and the buttons will be correct or 3. Always keep it open, also keeping the schematic software open seems to work as it uses the same BWCC.DLL.

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I did manage to try Altium Designer 14 and found that the schematic capture was just like the old Protel 3.0, same short cuts etc. It felt very familiar.

The one thing I miss though is not having the modern libraries to use. Does some one know of a way to back port them? I use Altium in a VM full time. A couple of tricks that help: - Put your data on an SMB/CIFS share. I use a small server for all my work stuff anyway, so the desktop and VM use the same shares on the server.

No issue getting data in or out of the VM, it's just there. Set up the VM to run full screen on at least one monitor so there is no hassle with the mouse wandering out of the VM. Once you get your VM set up just the way you like it, snapshot it or backup the entire VM. That way when it inevitably does a windows and needs a re-load you can just roll back or restore the backup. I can't help you with the other stuff unfortunately.

HiI need some urgent assistance.I make use of Altium Designer software. However since I have upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7 64-bit Professional I cannot run my software. I receive an error 'Parallel Port Driver is not Supported by 64-bit Windows'. According to Altium Designer supportthis is a Windows problem. They suggested running the program in Compatibility View but this also comes up with the same error.I use to run my programs on Windows XP without any problems or errors. Please assist me with a solution as to how to fix this error.

Hello DatTran,Welcome to Microsoft Community Forum.Parallel port drivers are implemented to enable the functionality of communicating with printers and other devices that are connected to parallel ports.As suggested by Microsoft MVP & Community Moderator Ronnie Vernon Windows 7 does not include 64-bit Parallel port drivers. You might have to contact the device or the software manufacturer to get the parallel port drivers.For information about parallel ports, you may refer the Microsoft article below.Introduction to Parallel Ports and Devices.Hope this information is helpful. Feel free to write us back if you have any other query or for any further assistance, we’ll be glad to assist you. Regards, Mann Manohar.