Drivers for LabView Express 7.1

[arm158]

I'm trying to install Labview 7 Express (Student Edition) on Windows XP. It comes with 2 CDs - one labeled version 7.1 and one labeled version 7.0. When trying to install 7.1 I get a message asking for the driver CD, which wasn't included. I found info for version 7.0, and found the 7.0 driver cd download on the ftp site, but I can't find anything for 7.1. Are they the same? I can't seem to find the info I need in the knowledge base or elsewhere on the NI site.

What about 7.1.1 - does that use the same drivers as 7.1?

Thanks for any insight you can offer.

[Joe_H]

Try installing version 7.0 first then install 7.1. I think 7.1 is just an upgrade. try it and see if it works, if not call NI.

[AESulzer]

Drivers are completely seperate from and non-essential to LabVIEW. You can simply install them on an "as needed" basis if you like. LabVIEW versions 7.0 and 7.1 are independent releases of LabVIEW and should install just fine on their own. We do not ship one with the other, so if you seem to have both of them, then perhaps they got mixed together. In contrast, LabVIEW 7.1.1 is an upgrade (dependent on LabVIEW 7.1 being installed), but I would not install it unless you are experiencing one of the bugs that the upgrade fixes (check the release notes if you're curious what those are). For a first-time install, I would recommend simply installing LabVIEW 7.1, and when you get to the drivers section, simply exit out of the install. Then, depending on what hardware you will be using with LabVIEW, I would download the latest drivers from our website (which are often times newer than those shipped on CD) and install them individually.

Kind Regards,

[arm158]

Great! Thanks for helping me understand how the drivers relate to the install. Based on what I've learned, it appears I don't need the drivers at this point . I also figured out what I do need is some of the library items in in DAQ.