running a sim in pspice (demo version)

[Michael Robinson]

I have a schematic that I would like to run a simulation of. I'm using a
spice program for the very first time today. I've got the schematic drawn
and I'm trying to figure out how to start a simulation.
I'm using OrCAD PSpice demo version because that's what my school tells its
students to use. I'm aware of LTSpice but I wanted to use what the rest of
the students are using. I'm not looking for instructions on how to use
LTSpice right now.
The instruction booklet that I am following says, first name the simulation
"by choosing the menu option PSpice>New Simulation Profile."
I don't see it in the menus at the top of the page. It doesn't seem to
appear in the buttons on the schematic window, or in something I found
called the simulation manager. I just can't figure out how to start a
simulation. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Michael Robinson]

"Michael Robinson" <nospam@billburg.com> wrote in message
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I have a schematic that I would like to run a simulation of. I'm using a
spice program for the very first time today. I've got the schematic drawn
and I'm trying to figure out how to start a simulation.
I'm using OrCAD PSpice demo version because that's what my school tells
its students to use. I'm aware of LTSpice but I wanted to use what the
rest of the students are using. I'm not looking for instructions on how
to use LTSpice right now.
The instruction booklet that I am following says, first name the
simulation "by choosing the menu option PSpice>New Simulation Profile."
I don't see it in the menus at the top of the page. It doesn't seem to
appear in the buttons on the schematic window, or in something I found
called the simulation manager. I just can't figure out how to start a
simulation. What am I doing wrong?

I found a clue here:

http://www.orcad.com/forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=22358
The poster says,
"I had the exact same problem under Windows Vista. The basic step of setting
the compatibility settings of the 'Capture Student' program so that it 'Run
this program as an administrator."
Now how do I do that? I'm running XP.