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Cadence OrCAD and Allegro 17.4-2019 Installation Guide for Windows October 2019 37 Product Version 17.4-2019 © 1999-2019 All Rights Reserved. Diagnosing and Repairing Installation and Licensing Use the Allegro® Install Diagnose utility to identify and repair installation and licensing issues on your system. ■ Running Install Diagnose Running Install Diagnose 1. Start the utility by double-clicking \tools\InstallUtils\InstallDiagnose. 2. Select a release, say 17.4-2019. 3. Click Run. The diagnostic tasks performed and their results are listed. 4. Click Repair if any failures, marked by a red cross, are listed. Click Run and specify the feature name and release to test the performance of the license server for that feature.

• Cover
• Contents
• Quick Overview: Installing Allegro and OrCAD 17.4-2019 Products on Windows
• Installing Base Release
• Installing Hotfix
• Part I - Getting Started
• Hardware and Software Requirements
• Network Interface Cards (NICs)
• Dongles
• Cadence License File
• New Features and Enhancements in 17.4-2019
• New Features and Enhancements
• Automatic License Detection and Configuration
• Change in Start Menu
• Fixed CCRs
• Part II - Licensing
• Managing the License Environment
• Types of License Manager
• Standalone Installation
• Network Installation
• Uninstalling the License Manager
• The License Server Configuration Utility
• The License Client Configuration Utility
• Part III - Interactive Installations
• Installing the Products
• Performing Interactive Product Installation
• Performing Maintenance Installation
• Modifying an Installation
• Repairing an Installation
• Removing an Installation
• Uninstalling the products
• Installing Client on a Remote Computer
• Installing a Client Interactively on a Remote Computer
• Uninstalling the Client
• Installing Design Entry HDL - Allegro PSpice System Designer Library
• Installing the Libraries
• Uninstalling the HDL-PSpice Libraries:
• Configuring and Managing Installations
• Starting the Installation and Setup Utility
• Performing Administrative Tasks
• Updating Environment Variables and Switch Release Shortcut
• Enabling Access to Installations in Current User Mode
• Removing a Release
• Diagnosing and Repairing Installation and Licensing
• Running Install Diagnose
• Downloading, Installing, and Deploying Releases and Updates using Download Manager
• Setting Installation Source
• Downloading a Release
• Installing a Downloaded Release
• Setting Silent Install
• Refreshing the Listed Releases
• Viewing Download Status
• Scheduling Automatic Updates
• Setting Preferences
• Deploying Across an Enterprise
• Part IV - Silent Installations
• Performing Silent Installations
• Installing Products in the Silent Mode
• Installing Client in the Silent Mode
• Installing Design Entry HDL-Allegro PSpice System Designer Library in the Silent Mode
• Performing Maintenance in the Silent Mode
• The silentinstall-SPB.ini file
• Part V - Additional Information
• Getting Help
• Cadence Online Support
• Requesting a License
• Customer Support
• Performing Special Tasks
• Updating the Products
• Hotfix Update Information
• Backup Hotfix
• Switching Versions
• Uninstalling Software
• Uninstalling the License Manager
• Troubleshooting Installation
• Server Model License Expiration Notification
• Troubleshooting: Frequently Asked Questions
• Appendix A: Access Levels and Installations
• Same user installs product and library
• Different users install product and library