Solidworks 2008 on Windows 2000 server??
Solidworks 2008 on Windows 2000 server??
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Does anyone have experience of running SW2008 x64 with Windows 2000 server. We are currently running SW2007 on it with no problems, by this I mean the vault (PDMWorks) is running on the server.
I know it isn't supported by SW, but we aren't upgrading our server until the last quarter of 2008 (Windows 2008 server), and don't really want to wait that long.
The only issue we have with running windows 2000 server is that every night we have to restart the PDMWorks vault service to reset the RAM (1Gb). This was a bug which has been fixed in 2003 server but not in 2000!!
I'm going to run some tests this end when I get a chance but any previous experience will help.
Thanks
Woolly
SW2007 SP5.0
Windows XP x64
2.7Ghz dual core
8Gb RAM
Quadro FX3500
I know it isn't supported by SW, but we aren't upgrading our server until the last quarter of 2008 (Windows 2008 server), and don't really want to wait that long.
The only issue we have with running windows 2000 server is that every night we have to restart the PDMWorks vault service to reset the RAM (1Gb). This was a bug which has been fixed in 2003 server but not in 2000!!
I'm going to run some tests this end when I get a chance but any previous experience will help.
Thanks
Woolly
SW2007 SP5.0
Windows XP x64
2.7Ghz dual core
8Gb RAM
Quadro FX3500






RE: Solidworks 2008 on Windows 2000 server??
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Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 2.0
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 10-07-07)
ctopher's blog
RE: Solidworks 2008 on Windows 2000 server??
Thanks for the info, but I was already aware that 2000 server wasn't supported, I just wondered if anyone was in the same situation as us and had already tried it with SW2008.
Thanks
Woolly
RE: Solidworks 2008 on Windows 2000 server??
Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 2.0
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 10-07-07)
ctopher's blog
RE: Solidworks 2008 on Windows 2000 server??
There is no work-around, or cheat, or short-cut ... it's WS 2003 or you don't run PDMWx 2008.
And if that weren't enough SolidWorks 2008 will not communicate with the PDMWorks 2007 Vault (Server).
So if you're not upgrading to WS 2003 until the (I'm assuming) the last quarter of this year ... then why bother installing SWx 2008 or PDMWx 2008 ... the 2009 version of both will be available in the last quarter of this year (according to SolidWorks).
Brian Mazejka, CSWP
Documentation Control Manager
Microline Pentax, Inc.
RE: Solidworks 2008 on Windows 2000 server??
http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=200737
Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer
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RE: Solidworks 2008 on Windows 2000 server??
Thanks
Brian
RE: Solidworks 2008 on Windows 2000 server??
Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer
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RE: Solidworks 2008 on Windows 2000 server??
RE: Solidworks 2008 on Windows 2000 server??
Woolly
RE: Solidworks 2008 on Windows 2000 server??
Either here is the patch for IE (all XHTML pages get loaded properly):
CODE --> FixIEXHTML.reg
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\application/xhtml+xml]
"CLSID"="{25336920-03F9-11cf-8FD0-00AA00686F13}"
"Encoding"=hex:08,00,00,00
"Extension"=".xhtml"
Or try the link below:
http://www.engit.nl/guides/swanyos/index.html
Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer
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RE: Solidworks 2008 on Windows 2000 server??
Will this work for older versions i.e Windows 2000 server? If so what is the function required for this? Also does this apply to PDMWorks server installations, as this is what would be installed on the server not Solidworks??
Thanks
Woolly
RE: Solidworks 2008 on Windows 2000 server??
Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer
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RE: Solidworks 2008 on Windows 2000 server??
RE: Solidworks 2008 on Windows 2000 server??
Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer
Searching Eng-Tips forums
RE: Solidworks 2008 on Windows 2000 server??
The guide referred to at http://www.engit.nl/guides/swanyos/index.html does not appear to be available. Can you please assist me in locating it?