DeskProto V5 is a
MS Windows application that needs Windows 2000, XP, Vista or newer. Other platforms and older Windows versions are not supported. In order to run DeskProto, administrative privileges are needed.
When DeskProto Full detects that a 64 bits version of WIndows is used, then the 64 bits version of DeskProto will be installed. In all other cases DeskProto is a 32 bits application.
Note that the 64 bits version of Windows Vista contains a bug which prevents DeskProto to switch off the Aero interface, resulting in display problems (invisible geometry in DeskProto). You can manually correct this, see the last post in the
Vista thread on the forum.
Minimum required hardware is a Pentium PC with 32 Mb RAM, 40 Mb of free disk space and a USB port for the dongle (with DeskProto Lite no dongle is present). However, in order to minimize waiting times a fast machine with more RAM is strongly recommended. We also recommend the use of a 3D graphics card that supports
Open-GL.
Just as all Windows applications DeskProto can be installed by running the DeskProto Setup program from within Windows. For DeskProto Full this program is called Setup.exe and can be found on the CD. For the Trial version the setup program is called dp50trial.exe, and for Lite it is called dp50lite.exe
Choose Run from the File menu of the Program Manager.
Enter the program SETUP.EXE to run, or use the browse-button to select this file.
The DeskProto Setup program will now automatically install DeskProto onto your hard disk. You will be prompted to enter the file locations: default a directory "C:\Program Files\DeskProto 5.0" will be created. All files will be placed in this directory and a few subdirectories, with the exception of a few DLL files that have to be copied into your Windows directory.
After installation a new Program Group will have been added to the Start menu, and an icon called "Deskproto 5.0" will have been added to your desktop. Start DeskProto by double clicking the DeskProto icon on your desktop.
