1. Uninstall your old installation of Visual Nastran via Add/Remove Prgrams
2. Go to START » RUN and copy/paste the following in the box and then click OK. \\stuapp\NETAPPS\Visual Nastran 4D\2004SP2\MSC.visualNastranDesktop\setup.exe
3. Click Next.
4. Click “Yes” to accept the license agreement.
5. Choose “VisualNastran4D” and click Next.
6. Check the boxes for Matlab and Solidworks integration modules. NOTE: You need to have Matlab and Solidworks installed to add these modules or you will see the error below, but you will still be able to install Visual Nastran without them.
7. You may see the following if you don’t have Matlab and Solidworks installed.
8. Click Next.
9. Click Next (You do not need to view the Read Me file.)
10. Click Finish.
11. Now that you have finished the install, start the program. You should be prompted with the screen

below. Choose the “FLEXlm Licensing” option and enter stuapp as the host and 1700 as the port number. Click OK. You now have a fully licensed install.