NI-PAL XP SP2 Startup Error

[winmac96]

I have just installed LabView 8.2 on an XP SP2 VAIO (3.3 GHz) desktop along with the Modulation Toolkit and Spectral Measurement Toolkit. When the dust settled and rebooted PC, an "Error 1605 occurred while installing NI-PAL 1.6.1f0 engine". Using MAX to verify the NI software installed and indeed lists the above NI-PAL version.

After reading NI forums regarding the subject, I tried downloading NI-VISA. Installing the latest NI-VISA (version 4.1 at this stage) installs a fresh new version of NI-PAL (v. 2.0.0).

After NI-VISA installation, rebooting XP SP2 no longer come up with the old error message.

Just a tip for those LV 8.2 upgraders.

LV Robo