Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Problems with installing Solid State Simulations in Windows

I love the Solid State Simulations software for teaching. Unfortunately, it is getting increasingly difficult to install on the latest operating systems. I have it running o.k. on my Mac. But the students in my class can't get it to install on Windows 8. If anyone has overcome this obstacle, please let us know how.
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