Hello
Well there apart from 2 PCs or changing versions of Inventor I have no idea, sorry.
Kind regards
Hi everyone,
I think you want to use Inventor for consultation, export as a neutral file, etc... Since you are planning to migrate to SW.
In this case I think that instead of two PCs. It's annoying on the desk and you need a lot of sockets. ;-)
You can consider a virtual machine in XP to run your Inventor on your PC in W10. There is good free software like VirtualBox or paid VmWare
You can easily do file transfers from the VM to your PC and vice versa. Do a test to see if the performance suits you.
On the other hand, it provides disk space.
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@remrem,
This solution is interesting,....
I will discuss this with our IS subcontractor.
If the @Remrem solution doesn't work, and you go with 2 machines, to avoid having everything in duplicate, you can go through a KVM box (it allows you to have 1 keyboard, 1 mouse, 1 screen to control 2 or more machines)
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Hello
For virtual machines there is also "XP mode".
For 2 PCs, there is also the solution of having only one more tower and taking control remotely via "remote connection" or 'TeamViewer'.
Kind regards
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Hello
I didn't know XP Mode.
The problem is that apparently it only works on W7: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8002
So I confirm, the best walkthrough would be Win 7... If Microsoft wasn't looking to remove them...
Have a good day everyone!
G.
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Exactly, it's no longer xp mode but Hyper-V: http://www.tabletpccorner.net/2013/05/23/pas-de-windows-xp-mode-dans-windows-8-pro-mais-hyper-v/
For my part, I think that the best solution is to switch to Windows 10 to be up to date and compatible with all software and to keep an old PC connected to the network with the possibility of remote connection for all programs that are a little old....
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My new HP stations (which arrive in 15 days with SW2017, phew, finally !!) will be equipped with WIN10 and 2 screens
If I take stock of your various comments, several solutions are available to me:
- Keep the WIN-XP machine and on the network and make a remote connection
- Keep the WIN-XP machine and via a KVM box, take control of it
- Virtualize the XP Vault
I'm starting to see a little more clearly, thank you all.
@ G. Sloubi 1 :
Basing a new architecture on an OS that is doomed to disappear seems the right solution to you?
Edit: Don't forget that XP is no longer maintained for security reasons. So the connection to the company network and therefore to the internet is for me a risk not to be neglected.
I had forgotten the remote control, the problem is that there is a lag even in the local network, so it really has to be to do minimal (like opening a room, doing an export and transferring to the network).
@remrem: there is the possibility of making a secondary network (by putting a second network card, for example ), or by doing a minimal install that does not access the internet.
The solution we have achieved:
Virtualization via VMware of a win xp pro on our HP z440 win10pro workstations
Installing Inventor 2012+Vault
it works well, for what you want to do with it, i.e. get the 3D of inventor to reinject it into SW, at worst make some modifications in Inventor, but no more.......