What's Good About Windows 7? You'll Need SPB16.3 To See!

7 Apr 2010 • 1 minute read

OK, OK - I'm sure you don't "need" SPB16.3 to see all the cool whiz-bang features in Windows 7. But, you can now run the SPB16.3 (and very soon the ADW16.3) release on Windows 7.

You can always visit the Cadence Online Support Cadence Support News area for the latest information about releases, platforms, CDNLive information, etc. The official Windows 7 announcement for the SPB16.3 release can be found here.

A few key points:

You will need the current SPB16.3 HotFix release (26 Mar 2010 - SPB16.30.005) also known as ISR# 5 as well as the base SPB16.3 release installed.
No earlier SPB versions are supported on Windows 7
As was the case with Windows Vista, in order to install and use this Cadence release on Windows 7, you must be logged on with ADMINISTRATIVE privileges. Additionally, User Account Controls (UAC) must be TURNED OFF. You'll see a new "readme.WINT7.txt" file in the downloads section with these details.

If you'd like a brief introduction to Windows 7, you can visit a few of these sites -

Get to know Windows 7

Windows 7 full review

Windows 7 News & Tips

Windows 7: Vista Reloaded

Windows 7 Forums

How-To Geek

Windows 7 - First Look Part 1

As always, I welcome your experiences with using the SPB16.3 products on Windows 7.

Jerry "GenPart" Grzenia