Labview 2009 32 bit not running on xp 64 bit

[Leeser]

Hi all,

I tried to upgrade to LabVIEW 2009 from LabVIEW 8.6 on 64-bit windows XP machine. Following about a 2 hour removal of 8.6 and subsequent installation of LV 2009 it turns out that the device drivers are not compatible with a 64-bit machine. On launching LabVIEW 2009 (32-bit) an error box appears stating that it is corrupt or missing files and to correct this using control panel etc. I have tried this and still the same error occurs and LV refuses to start.

All the license files are correct and the compnents are activated.

Anyone know how to fix this? Or should I go back to 8.6 and cancel my upgrade subscription?

Secondly, I am using a firewire camera and was informed that Ni-IMAQ legacy are no longer supported and to go to ni.com/ifo and enter legacy1394 to see how to download drivers etc for this. I end up on a page that says "not authorized".

Any help gratefully appreciated. 

[RavensFan]

I don't think NI has made any version of LabVIEW compatible with XP 64 bit.  Search the forums as I think this has been discussed numerous times.  But the majority of the results will be from before LV 2009 was released.

[Leeser]

I agree that XP64 and LV 2009 are not compatible as I installed LV 2009 on another 32-bit machine with no problems. I was just surprised as there were no problems or issues that I came across for 8. on XP64. Ah well, a uninstallation and reinstallation lies in wait for me on Monday morning!!  

As an aside why call it LV 2009 instead of LV 8.7 or even LV9.0...sounds reminiscent of an operating system!!

Regards,

Leeser

[Leeser]

That should have read " there were no problems or issues that I came across for labVIEW 8.6 "

[rolfk]

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Leeser wrote:

I agree that XP64 and LV 2009 are not compatible as I installed LV 2009 on another 32-bit machine with no problems. I was just surprised as there were no problems or issues that I came across for 8. on XP64. Ah well, a uninstallation and reinstallation lies in wait for me on Monday morning!!  

As an aside why call it LV 2009 instead of LV 8.7 or even LV9.0...sounds reminiscent of an operating system!!

Regards,

Leeser

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LabVIEW 2009 is according to the internal version scheme actually equivalent to LabVIEW 9.0. Why they changed the naming? I guess marketing told them to do so. Why then? Well marketing has some funny ideas sometimes. I guess since THE software provider in this world has started to do this since about Windows 2000 someone must have thought it to be the best idea since sliced bread and decided to do it for LabVIEW too.

Another guess is that in about 2010 there would have been something like 9.1, and 10.0 would then come out in 2011 and that sounded somehow to someone like a bad scheme so they decided to change it now. But maybe it will be forgotten and everybody returns to the old versioning at the begin of next year when 9.0.1 will come out, which would then otherwise be LV 2009.1??? Or maybe LV2009 SP1?

It has already happened with LabVIEW 6i (iMacs, iPhones, iAnything), LabVIEW 7 Express and LabVIEW 8.20 (following 8.0.1 and marking the 20th anniversary of LabVIEW, and being internally LabVIEW 8.2). All some marketing fun or hysteria.

Rolf Kalbermatter

Message Edited by rolfk on 08-17-2009 11:08 AM

[Daniel_Thomas_NIUK · Accepted solution]

Dear Leeser,

Since 2006, National Instruments has annually released a new version of LabVIEW each August to establish a more predictable release schedule. This gives LabVIEW users the ability to better plan new developments and upgrades to future releases. In addition, this year, NI changed the product name to LabVIEW + year (for example, LabVIEW 2009) reflecting the year of the release and setting the stage for future annual releases of LabVIEW. Please visit the following site for details on this:

http://www.ni.com/labview/product_lifecycle.htm 

With regards to Windows XP 64-bit this is not supported officially by any NI hardware drivers or software. For a list of drivers that have been known to work please see the link below:

http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/fn/p/sn/n19:Windows.7809/lang/en

Now with Windows Vista x64 there is an excellent "windows on windows" 32-bit compatibility mode which allows our drivers to function properly. With regards to LabVIEW 2009 there is now a dedicated 64-bit version which is advised for use with 64-bit operating systems. Again Windows XP 64-bit is not officially supported.

Further details of Windows XP x64 compatibility can be found in the following article:

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/C4EC0C87B6D70AA886256E61006568C8?OpenDocument 

I hope that this helps to clarify a few things.

Kind Regards,

[tst]

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rolfk wrote:

Or maybe LV2009 SP1?

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I wouldn't laugh if I were you.

Message Edited by tst on 17.08.2009 04:41 PM

[Leeser]

Thanks Daniel for your follow up call this morning, it was much appreciated. I have reverted back to 8.6.1 but may look at the dedicated 64-bit version in the near future to ensure that both my lab pc and office pc are running same version of labview.

Regards,

Leeser 

[pwb]

I have installed labview 2009, and the basic labview works ok with a toolkit like Sound and Vibratio, but many other toolkits cannot be installed; giving an error message like "Labview 2009 32-bit must be installed before installing blah" ... but Labview 2009 is already installed.

Why? Can this be solved?

[Andrey_Dmitriev]

Probably it happened, because you have installed 64 bit version of LabVIEW 2009. The only Vision Toolkit is supported by LabVIEW 2009 / 64 bit.

Refer to LabVIEW 64-Bit vs. 32-Bit Applications FAQ

Andrey.