[mknabster]

I have Solidworks 2009 for my engineering classes this year. I got it so i could do work outside of class. Well, i tried to install it on both Bootcamp and VMWare Fusion on different OSes, XP Home SP2, XP Pro SP2, XP Pro SP3, and Vista Home Premium, and it keeps giving me an error that installation was interrupted and couldn't continue. Now i tried installing it on my other PCs, and it installed no problem. I also tried safe mode on Bootcamp, and it said that admin had disabled privileges, even as me signed in as the admin. What's wrong with mine?

[Mr. Selvetarm]

I too use SW ('08 though) for my Engineering/Drawing classes and was just looking at the prices online. $130 through my college is just too hard to swallow on my budget though. I have no idea about installation though. I would either go talk to the guys on the SW forums, or call support. They're generally a pretty helpful bunch.

[Quicksilver]

That's extremely strange--if anything, Boot Camp should've done the job (you never mentioned which OS was installed on that partition, btw). I've installed all kinds of finicky ECE software on my Mac with no problems whatsoever.

[Hansi]

I've helped a few engineering students install it under Boot Camp and VMWare but that was the 2008 edition are you sure that there isn't some extras or dll files or something the 2009 edition needs or something? Have you tried their support channels?

[cdonzel]

This topic might assist you in installing SolidWorks Software on your workstation:
http://www.solidwork...ation%e2%80%a6/

And here is the installation guide:
http://files.solidwo...nstallation.htm

Hope this helps,
Clement

[Mr. Selvetarm]

I feel honored to have a SW person on the forums that I sometimes frequently inhabit.

[cdonzel]

Mr. Selvetarm, on January 7th 2009, 07:56 PM, said:

I feel honored to have a SW person on the forums that I sometimes frequently inhabit.

hehe. Always a pleasure to assist our users :-) (And to be honest, I am also a huge fan of Mac!)

Clement

[the Battle Cat]

Now now, there's no need for honesty here.