Transits DLL Download
Click to download and save the self-extracting version
of the new transits DLL. After you run the self-extracting program, it will give you an Unzip button and suggest extracting the included file, which is hst3032.dll, to the c:\winastro folder, which is the AstrolDeluxe default. You can change the destination folder if you know your AstrolDeluxe application folder to be other than the default c:\winastro.
Version 8 replaces the WinHelp manual with the HTML Help that Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8 prefer (the Trouble-shooting section of the winast32.chm manual has been completely updated, so look there first if you are having any problem). But if you are running an older AstrolDeluxe version, which came with winast32.hlp, and you have Vista or Windows 7, here are the links to download the 32-bit and 64-bit Help engines from Microsoft's web-site. For Vista, visit
Also on the CD, you may notice a folder called EditInterpretationsForComputersWithOneGigOrMoreOfRAM. You can run the setup.exe in this folder in order to be able to edit interpretations on a computer with 1 Gigabyte or more of RAM memory.
Version 8 fixes the problem where users with 64-bit Vista or 64-bit Windows 7 could sometimes find that the CD autoplay program would not start. They got a system registry error message and didn't get the autoplay screen with the Saturn picture and the button choices to Install AstrolDeluxe ReportWriter and Install Add-Ons. If the Autoplay program does not start, you can bypass it by right-clicking on the CD drive icon and selecting Explore. Then scroll down to and run the setup.exe. I completely updated the Troubleshooting Section of the version 8 manual, saying how to overcome various problems or issues specific to your computer.
If you have any trouble in Windows 7, you can open the Program Compatibility troubleshooter by right-clicking a program's icon or shortcut and then clicking Troubleshoot compatibility. If part of a caption is cut off on the Natal Information screen, here is a page of solutions.
If you have 64-bit Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 and want to run the hobbyist-level Astrology for Windows program, version 3 of that program is finally available for download. It works on both 32-bit and 64-bit computers. See the Astrology for Windows description.
For users of AstrolDeluxe ReportWriter, versions 4 through 8.2, a corrected version of the 32-bit transits DLL is shipping as of December 17, 2012. Note that Astrology for Windows users do not use or need this DLL. The update fixes a rare problem that in some cases could cause missing transits in the chronological transits list after a transiting planet changes direction. This only happened for certain charts, but when it did, it could also make the calculation seem sluggish. This problem is not recent - the last change to the DLL partially fixed it in July, 2011 for situations where Use Orbs were turned on - now this version finishes the same fix for when Use Orbs are turned off (Use Orbs are not selected for the transiting planet - you were doing exact aspects only, no enter orb or leave orb dates for the transiting planet). I noticed it first in connection with Saturn turning retrograde on Feb. 19, 2013. Please download and run the self-extracting unzip program below.
Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7 News
Halloran Software is now shipping the completely Vista- and Windows 7-compatible version 8 AstrolDeluxe ReportWriter astrology software all on a CD. See http://www.halloran.com/dlr8.htm.
But if you get an error the first time that you try to run earlier program versions under Windows Vista, right click on the icon for the astrology program and select Run as Administrator. Try this if you get error 75, Path/File Access Error, when you go to open a saved chart. You just have to do this once.
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For Windows 7, visit
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Click to download the self-extracting collection of 30 additional asteroids. When you run the self-extracting program, it will give you the opportunity to unzip the collection into the c:\winastro\asteroid\ folder on your hard disk.
I have gotten a report that the above update also successfully updated the time zone changes tables in the older PC Atlas that is bundled with versions 6.0 - 6.3 of AstrolDeluxe ReportWriter. At the bottom of your ACS Atlas Lookup form in AstrolDeluxe ReportWriter there is a Table button that will let you see all the past and future time zone changes for any selected location.