Choosing Analytic Solver Platform gives you all the features of Risk Solver Platform and XLMiner, so this is usually the best choice. The SolverSetup program will prompt you to choose between Analytic Solver Platform, Risk Solver Platform and XLMiner. SolverSetup will prompt you to enter the password and activation code from the email message above – enter them exactly as shown in the email (you can copy and paste).Ģ. Make sure that Excel is closed (not running), then run the program SolverSetup.exe (or SolverSetup64.exe). If you don’t get it, visit and login to request another email message.ġ. Frontline sends this email twice, from different servers, to ensure that you receive it. Now check your email, at the email address you entered above, for a message containing an installation password and a license activation code. In some browsers you will see a dialog 'Do you want to run or save this file?' Click Save to save the file, named either SolverSetup.exe or SolverSetup64.exe.ģ. On the Download page, change 32-bit to 64-bit ONLY if you’ve confirmed that you have 64-bit Excel (see above). If everything is OK, this will take you to the Download page.ġ. Note: Frontline receives no money from you, or the textbook publisher, or the university this free 140-day license is a courtesy that they offer to students.ĥ. Check the box to acknowledge that you accept the Frontline Systems license agreement. (Leaving them blank will give you a 15-day license.)Ĥ.

These are special for our course – entering these will give you a 140-day license. Enter INSERT1 for the Textbook Code and INSERT2 for the Course Code. Enter your email address (to ensure you receive your license activation code), enter a login password you can remember, enter your first and last name, and University of Notre Dame for your school.ģ. Point your browser to (Do not attempt to register or download anywhere else on – this will cause trouble later.)Ģ. You have 64-bit ONLY if (i) in Excel 2010, you click File – Help, and you see 64-bit in the lower right, or (ii) in Excel 2013, you click File – Account – About Excel, and you see 64-bit at the top of the dialog.ġ. Check whether you have 32-bit or 64-bit Excel – this determines which software version you should download. This will also allow you to use other Windows software, as well as Mac software on your machine.Ģ.

If you have a Mac, visit and read To use the software for this course, you’ll need to install Windows alongside Mac OSX, and install Excel or Office for Windows. NOTE: INSERT1 and INSERT2 (see below) have been emailed to you.ġ.

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