I have found there are some things that can be changed that will blow you out of the water. BTW, when you go to install VIDA, just go for it and don't customize the install at all. I know its a hassle to change but a try with WinXP might be the most expedient answer as this point if you can't track down an affordable Win7 upgrade. Its a 5 year-old Celeron 1.6 with only 2G RAM so it doesn't take much on the hardware standpoint as long as you stay with 2010D or older. Like I said, my wife's Dell that I use to hook to my DiCE is about as minimal as it gets. Thanks for your input, and wish me luck! :rolleyes: I already feel like I'm hemorrhaging cash over this little experiment already. I hate to think that I'm going to need to spend even more money to upgrade my OS to Pro or Ultimate just to see if that solves anything.

I have even put in a plea with the e-bay vendor (in China) for help, but I'm not holding my breath on that one! I have seen in other threads here reports of people making it work on systems running WIN XP and with fewer resources that I have, but there is obviously something different in those cases, and/or something I'm missing here. Oddly, Bill, there is NO indication of just what the specific deficiency is. If you are running at least this level of hardware, I'd bet that it's your Win 7 version that is getting on the way. In both cases, VIDA installed without drama. Interestingly the 2010 recommended setup is a 1.6 dual core with more than 4G RAM running Win 7 Pro. I also set it up on an old Dell running Win 7 Ultimate that also has 2G RAM and a 1.6gHz single core processor. I set up 2010D on my iMac with a VM set up with 2G memory and running Win7 Ultimate. Isn't it also telling you what the deficiency is? Is there anyone out there with any ideas? :confused:

I keep getting a message saying that my 'system does not meet one or more of VIDA's requirements' and that 'this installation will be aborted'. I have been unsuccessful at installing the VIDA 2010D software on three different notebook computers, the most recent one being a brand new ASUS XE53E series running Windows 7 Home Premium that I purchased just yesterday expressly for this purpose. A while back (a couple of months now) I purchased a DICE/VIDA package from a vendor on eBay.

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