Welcome Students
Download Risk Solver Platform or Premium Solver for Education Here
If you're enrolled in an appropriate course and you have the textbook for that course, you can download either our new Risk Solver Platform for Education, or our older Premium Solver for Education, for use in your course. We will automatically deliver the correct download based on the textbook code you enter.
Download Instructions
1. Determine if you are using a 32-bit version or a 64-bit version of Excel. Finding out is easy. If you are using Excel 2003 or 2007 you have a 32-bit version. If you are using Excel 2010 simply launch Excel, click on the File menu and then click Help. On that screen in the About Microsoft Excel section you will see either “(32-bit)” or “(64-bit)”. If it says 64-bit, check the box at the bottom of the form below. If not, leave it blank.
2. Ensure that Excel is closed. Since our software is an add-in to Excel, Excel needs to be closed for installation to properly complete.
3. Complete the form below. Be sure to include your Textbook Code (included with your textbook but your instructor will also know this) and your Course Code (from your instructor). These are important so you download the correct version of the software for your course. If you can't find these, call us at 775-831-0300 and press 0 (9am - 5pm Pacific time GMT-7), or email us at academic@solver.com. Note, it is okay if you have registered on this site previously with the same email address.
4. Click on the Download Now button. You may need to enable pop-ups and should be presented with a dialog asking “Do you want to run or save this file?” Select Save to save the file, paying attention to where it is saved, and the name.
5. Check your email for Installation Password, then Install. Run the file you saved (often RSPSetup.exe or RSPSetup64.exe). You may be prompted to enter an Installation Password and later an Activation Code, both of which if needed were sent to the address you entered on the form.
If you have problems downloading or installing, please email info@solver.com or call 775-831-0300 and press 4 (tech support). Tell us which product you
have (RSPE or PSE), and have your Course Code and Textbook Code available. If you have problems setting up or solving your model, or interpreting the results, please ask your instructor for assistance; Frontline Systems cannot help you with homework problems.
If you are an instructor and you want a free Course Code for your course, or if you have
a textbook that covers Risk Solver Platform or Premium Solver for Education but you're not enrolled in a course,
call or email us as above -- we can help you.
IMPORTANT NOTE TO INSTRUCTORS:
Since June 2009, Premium Solver for Education V7.0 (PSE) has
been superseded by the newer and much more powerful
Risk Solver Platform for Education V10.0 (RSPE).
It's important that you contact us at academic@solver.com
about this. PSE will not be available
after the 2009-2010 academic year -- but RSPE will be!
Older textbooks have CDs with a Premium Solver for Education Setup program bound into the book; however the software on CDs
is not guaranteed to be the latest version. The trend with the latest
textbooks is to use the download version. This page is the one place where you can download the very latest version
of the software. There are no CD versions of our software available
with support for the forthcoming Excel 2010, but you will be able to download
new software versions from this page that work (amazingly well!) with Excel 2010, after
the new Excel and Office products are released.
P.S.: If you're using a Mac with Excel, Risk Solver Platform and Premium Solver for Education are only available for Windows Excel right now. But we have developed a new Solver for Mac Excel 2011 (with all features of the standard Excel Solver), that we're making available to everyone for free. Visit www.solver.com/mac for the latest news about downloading this free Mac Solver.
