Student 2007 shuts down

I've loaded the student eversion of Solidworks 2007 onto 2 computers. One running Xp pro 64 and the other running Xp pro.


Both systems will run MasterCam 9 and MasterCam X2, Both have 2 gigs of ram, both have so-so video cards made by Nvidia.


On both systems Solidworks runs for a few minutes then either just disapears or a window pops up and says "SldWorks has encountered a problem and must shut down do you want to send an error report" bang Fred is dead.


any ideas ?? thanks .. K

Well it wasn't the video card ..
I reinstalled windows XP 64
I reinstalled Solidworks 2007 Student
I installed a Nvidia Quadro certified video card and it's still doing the same thing. Runs for 10 +/- minutes then give me the the above SldWorks must shut down error.
I have that I've spent over $400 on Video cards and software and it still won't work ..
Guess I'll try buying 2008 ... but I'll have to wait for it and I'm already behind on my projects.

Well, in the first place you should NOT be using the Student Edition with Windows XP 64. According to this link on the Customer Portal, the Student Edition does not run on that O/S. https://www.solidworks.com/sw/education/student-software-3d- mcad.htm the approved O/S are : Microsoft

I'm having the same problem...I have a Dell workstation that's only a year old and Solidworks 2007 Student edition shuts down all the time. I've unloaded and reloaded the program with no improvement at all. I've tried to get help from Solidworks, but don't know where to find the info...Student Edition serial number and PC ID...

I've only had the program for less than a year, so I still have another year left on the lease. If I only run Solidworks, it'll run for a few minutes before shutting down, but if I run anything else (Photoshop, Outlook etc.) it won't even start!!!

PS. If this takes a registry fix, then I'm out of luck.

Ralph