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Windows 7 & All Solidworks 2007-2009 CAD Compatibility Issues
Hello to all Solidworks Cad users who have made the switch over to Windows 7.
Back in January I installed W7 and nearly everything worked quite flawlessly. With the exception of two drivers &/or softwares:
1- Asus Rampage Extreme Supremfx x-fi Creative Sound Blaster driver recognition & creative audio console launcher.
Most importantly of all is...
2- Dassault Solidworks 2007 thru 2009 all service packs 0 thru 5.0 & 3.0 early visibility with 2009, install properly display properly but seem to have some bug.
The bug/issue is that you can not open any SW or other imported CAD files without causing the program to immediately crash.
Also, you can not save any files that you work with in Solidworks that are new either.
To go without the web based client sound processing software from creative is a big deal, as I like most everyone on the planet loves music.
Yet I was content to go on using W7 with it's basic plain sound, as opposed to the multi-faceted processing power of creatives' sound blaster software.
It should be noted that another thread here on Seven Forums has brought some light upon this issue.
Just this thread is titled such to make the issue more known so that Solidworks users as well as microsoft are clearly made aware of the situation.
So, that these issues can become resolved prior to the upcoming W7 RC(which is already being used...just I have not tried it out yet), as well as the Windows 7 retail version release.