Here are the steps, one by
one, which You MUST follow exactly:
Better to disable firewall or make sure you do not
block any of the orcad app nor the license manager
1. Install the license manager first by choosing
Set Up Licensing from setup.exe. Do not enter any paths for license file. Leave
it blank.
2. Copy the contents of license_manager from
SHooTERS folder to installed dir C:\OrCAD\license_manager. Overwrite files.
3. Open orcad16.lic (stored on the hard drive not
from the CD) in text editor and replace this_host with the name of the Computer
(in the first line of the file), and save the file.
4. Run setup again and choose Set up License and
enter the path of license file C:\OrCAD\license_manager\orcad16.lic .Click
Next. Ignore the failure error and press Cancel.
5. Run setup again, and choose Install products,
(select ALL products), enter port as 5280 and host id/name as the name of your
Computer. Next select the apps you want to install. Leave the installinfo and
contr.. file paths blank.
6. After the installation is completed, go to
Start->Programs->Cadence License Manager->License Manager Tools and
change the path of license file to
C:\OrCAD\license_manager\orcad16.lic in the Config
Services tab. (it would be some license.dat initially)
7. Click on Start Server button in the
Start/Stop/Reread tab of the license manager utility. Next click on Reread
License File. Wait for the reread operation to be completed (see status bar).
8. Now check if the Cadence License Manager
service is running in the Control Panel->Administrator Tools->Services.
9. Now apply the patch in
C:\OrCAD\OrCAD_16.0\tools\bin folder.
Better to disable firewall or make sure you do not block any of the orcad app nor the license manager
1. Install the license manager first by choosing Set Up Licensing from setup.exe. Do not enter any paths for license file. Leave it blank.
2. Copy the contents of license_manager from SHooTERS folder to installed dir C:\OrCAD\license_manager. Overwrite files.
3. Open orcad16.lic (stored on the hard drive not from the CD) in text editor and replace this_host with the name of the Computer (in the first line of the file), and save the file.
4. Run setup again and choose Set up License and enter the path of license file C:\OrCAD\license_manager\orcad16.lic .Click Next. Ignore the failure error and press Cancel.
5. Run setup again, and choose Install products, (select ALL products), enter port as 5280 and host id/name as the name of your Computer. Next select the apps you want to install. Leave the installinfo and contr.. file paths blank.
6. After the installation is completed, go to Start->Programs->Cadence License Manager->License Manager Tools and change the path of license file to
C:\OrCAD\license_manager\orcad16.lic in the Config Services tab. (it would be some license.dat initially)
7. Click on Start Server button in the Start/Stop/Reread tab of the license manager utility. Next click on Reread License File. Wait for the reread operation to be completed (see status bar).
8. Now check if the Cadence License Manager service is running in the Control Panel->Administrator Tools->Services.
9. Now apply the patch in C:\OrCAD\OrCAD_16.0\tools\bin folder.
10. Done!
11. enjoy :) :)
taken from http://avaxhome.ws/software/software_type/others/Orcad16.html