Can I use Windows XP on any of the Education Multisim downloads.

[Magiceye]

I am new to NI, and i have tried to download the education edition of Multisim Feb 2012 and others versions that shows XP,but when I download and try to run it it states I need Windows 7.

Is it possible to run any Multisim software usings Windows XP?

[ikaiser]

It works for me. What version of Windows XP do you have? I just installed NI Circuit Design Suite 12.0.1 Education Edition on Windows XP SP3 Pro 32bit and it worked.

Be aware that the download links in the page above are a bit counter-intuitive. The "I am evaluating" link downloads the latest version, that is 14.x currently. The "current user" link downloads the version one expects, 12.0.1 in this case. I only found out because I downloaded v14 first and could not install it...

[Magiceye]

The version of my Windows XP is : Home Edition Version 2002 service pack 2, I selected the option.I am evaluating NI circuit design educational edition (748mb).

I am really keen to use the software, years ago I had the orginal Electronic Workbench software.

Any help is much appreciated. 

[ikaiser · Accepted solution]

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@Magiceye wrote:

The version of my Windows XP is : Home Edition Version 2002 service pack 2, I selected the option.I am evaluating NI circuit design educational edition (748mb).

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Looks to me like you accidentally downloaded the wrong file (see my previous post): The (in your case) wrong file "NI_Circuit_Design_Suite_14_1_Education.exe" is 749MB, the version "NI_Circuit_Design_Suite_12_0_1_Education.exe" you want is 635MB.

However, I don't know if the latter will install on Windows XP SP2. Microsoft ended it's support for XP SP2 in 2010 (eight years ago) and I'd expect NI to mainly support XP SP3 (although Microsoft ended Windows XP SP3's lifecycle already in April 2014).

[ikaiser · Accepted solution]

P.S.: I found an old virtual machine with Windows XP SP2 Professional, I could install "NI_Circuit_Design_Suite_12_0_1_Education.exe" on it.

[Magiceye · Accepted solution]

Dear ikaiser,

You were right I have now downloaded NI_Circuit_Design_Suite_12_0_1_Education.exe 635MB.

and it worked with my version of Windows XP.

Many thanks for your help.

[ikaiser]

Perfect, thank you very much for letting us know!

P.S.: Please mark any of the correct posts in this thread as "Correct Answer". That will help others having the same question a lot. Thanks!