SYSTEM REQUREMENTS

SimAzing works well in the Windows systems I have tested from the time of Windows XP to Windows 10. This is because Microsoft continues to embed support for programs written in Visual Basic within later versions of Windows. Simazing is not very onerous in terms of system requirements. All that is needed is to run the installation setup program. On some systems this needs to be done in compatibility mode with small adjustment for 'sounds' and screen display.

PDF documents are included in the download and cover all aspects of using SimAzing. You can read these using Adobe Acrobat Reader or Micrsoft Edge. However, these can be accessed directly from SimAzing (Help Menu) if you have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your system. The SimAzing 'Help' menu informs you of the location of the help files. 
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INSTALLATION

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>>>MICROSOFT WINDOWS Xp - Historic -<<<
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If you still have this, then Simply download, unzip, and run Setup.exe. Follow the on-sctreen instructions and once loaded an icon is automatically available in the Windows Start Menu.

Note: When you first run SimAzing it will display advisory messages, as it creates and populates the 'Examples' folder.  

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>>> MICROSOFT WINDOWS VISTA - Historic <<<
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Simply download the installation file and unzip. Then run Setup.exe in compatibility mode(as System Administrator). To run setup.exe in compatibility mode - Right click on setup.exe, and then use the option to run 'setup.exe' as system Administrator

Once the installation was completed I found that I had to tick the 'Desktop Compatibility' option for running SimAzing. Do this by either right clicking on the SimAzing icon on the Windows start menu, or on the file Sim-ple.exe in the C:/programs directory. This gives you access to 'Properties' and the Compatibility Tab.

I sometimes found that the sound declaration in SimAzing did not translate to later systems - delaying the block linking process. If this is a problem, disable the sounds from the SimAzing menu bar - sounds are not vital.

Note: When you first run SimAzing it will display advisory messages, as it creates and populates the 'Examples' folder.  

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>>>MICROSOFT WINDOWS 10 (in 2021)<<<
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Download the installation file and unzip. Then run Setup.exe in compatibility mode(as System Administrator). To run setup.exe in compatibility mode - Right click on setup.exe, and then use the option to run 'setup.exe' in system Administrator mode. An icon will automatically appear in the Windows Start Menu. I found that this resulted in setting compatibility with Windows XP (service pack 3).

Again, I found that the sound declaration in the original SimAzing did not translate to Windows 10 and slowed the function block linking process and/or made unintentional sounds. Once you run SimAzing, simply disable sounds from the SimAzing menu bar - they are not a vital part of simAzing.

You will need to ensure that your screen or second screen has a scale factor of 100%. This is covered for Vista,Windows 7, and Windows 8, by means of a 'Desktop Composition' compatibility option - no longer available for Windows 10.

Note: When you first run SimAzing it will display advisory messages, as it creates and populates the 'Examples' folder.

Because SimAzing writes to the screen directly, some version of Windows 10, ask permission to run SimAzing. 
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