# Using PTB 3 with Windows XP and Octave

**URL:** <https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/using-ptb-3-with-windows-xp-and-octave/637>\
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**Created:** [July 15, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/using-ptb-3-with-windows-xp-and-octave/637 "2009-07-15T22:42:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Allen\_Ingling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Allen\_Ingling](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/u/Allen_Ingling)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/using-ptb-3-with-windows-xp-and-octave/637/1 "2009-07-15T22:42:22Z")

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Is it possible to use Windows XP and Octave?  
  
I have attempted to load PTB in octave and receive the error:  
  

> \> DownloadPsychtoolbox('C:\toolbox')

Sorry, this installer doesn't support your operating system: i686-pc-mingw32.  
DownloadPsychtoolbox can only install the new (OSX and Windows)  
OpenGL-based versions of the Psychtoolbox. To install the older (OS9 and Windows)  
versions (not based on OpenGL) please go to the psychtoolbox website:  
web [http://psychtoolbox.org/download.html](http://psychtoolbox.org/download.html)  
error: Your operating system is not supported by DownloadPsychtoolbox.  
error: called from:  
error: C:\toolbox\DownloadPsychtoolbox.m at line 198, column 1  
octave-3.2.0.exe:3:C:\toolbox  
  
Is there a way to load PTB into Octave on an XP machine?  
  
Gregory Bohuslav

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**Author:** ![mariokleiner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@mariokleiner](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/u/mariokleiner)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 12:58am UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/using-ptb-3-with-windows-xp-and-octave/637/2 "2009-07-17T00:58:46Z")

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See message 9771.  
  

> --- In [psychtoolbox@yahoogroups.com](mailto:psychtoolbox@yahoogroups.com), "eagle112800" \<eagle112800@...\> wrote:  
> \>  
> \> Is it possible to use Windows XP and Octave?  
> \>   
> \> I have attempted to load PTB in octave and receive the error:  
> \>   
> \> \> DownloadPsychtoolbox('C:\toolbox')  
> \> Sorry, this installer doesn't support your operating system: i686-pc-mingw32.  
> \> DownloadPsychtoolbox can only install the new (OSX and Windows)  
> \> OpenGL-based versions of the Psychtoolbox. To install the older (OS9 and Windows)  
> \> versions (not based on OpenGL) please go to the psychtoolbox website:  
> \> web [http://psychtoolbox.org/download.html](http://psychtoolbox.org/download.html)  
> \> error: Your operating system is not supported by DownloadPsychtoolbox.  
> \> error: called from:  
> \> error: C:\toolbox\DownloadPsychtoolbox.m at line 198, column 1  
> \> octave-3.2.0.exe:3:C:\toolbox  
> \>   
> \> Is there a way to load PTB into Octave on an XP machine?  
> \>   
> \> Gregory Bohuslav  
> \>