Fundamentals of Electronics Written on October 3rd, 2016

PSPICE 9.1 Student Version Installation Guide for Windows 10 Computers

1. Download the executable file from BlackBoard titled
“91pspstu_PSPICE_9_1.exe”.
2. Create a directory in the C:\ drive to store all installation
files. For example, “C: \Users\your_username\Downloads\Programs\”
(you can put the directory any other place you’d like). Move the
executable file into this directory.
3. Run the executable file. It will ask you to unzip the contents
somewhere. Unzip the contents into the directory you created
earlier (i.e., “C:\Users\your_username\Downloads\Programs\”).

4. Before moving forward, make sure that you have disabled any
security software that you have installed on your computer. As
you will see in the installation wizard, you are prompted to
disable security software before installing PSPICE and OrCAD
Capture products. For example, disable Symantec Endpoint
Protection.
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5. NOTE: If you do not use Windows Defender, ignore this step. Make
sure that you disable the “Real-time protection” option for
Windows Defender security software, which can be found under
Settings > Updates & Security > Windows Defender.

6. If you have Internet security add-ons installed on Google Chrome,

it is recommended that you restart Google Chrome or whichever web
browser you are using.
a. NOTE: Through experimentation, I have discovered that the
installation wizard will stall in Task Manager, not opening
until you have closed your running instance of Microsoft
Word.
7. Run the “Setup.exe” file contained in the direction you created
that was extracted the executable file. The installation wizard
should run and you can install the software.
8. The set-up process isn’t over! If you try to run the programs
without following these last steps, they will run… but you won’t
see the “PSpice” menu in the OrCAD Capture window.
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a. Make sure that you run OrCAD Capture (located at

“c\Capture.exe”) in compatibility mode (Windows XP Service
Pack 3).

b. Also, run PSPICE A/D (located at “C:\Program

Files\OrCAD_Demo\PSpice\pspice.exe”) in compatibility mode
(Windows XP Service Pack 3).