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AutoCAD 2000 on WinXP Home Edition ?

I gave my AutoCAD 2000 to a young woman just starting out and
unbeknownst to me, it will not run on her system under WinXP Home
Edition. (I used it on a system running Win2000 Pro.)
Is there any way for her to get it to install on her system ?
Thanks in advance for any tips that you may have to offer.
Reply to
Eunoia Eigensinn
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Tell her to call her Autodesk reseller for support.
Reply to
R.K. McSwain
And they will tell her she is out of luck unless she buys the latest version. The way to do it is run it in compatibility mode. Set it for Win 98. You should find the details in help. As I don't use Win Xtra Problems, I don't know the details other than it can be done. I know of people running R-14 on XP.
Reply to
CW
Exactly. Maybe she can then get a copy of IntelliCAD or TurboCAD or something instead of pirating a copy of AutoCAD.
Reply to
R.K. McSwain
Assuming that it was given to her by to man who purchased it in the first place,and he did not retain a copy, it is perfectly legal. Autodesk would like you to believe otherwise but, fortunatly, they don't make the laws. Now go off and pray to the Autodesk gods for guidence.
Reply to
CW
Sure, according to CW. But not according to Autodesk. Hmmm, lets see Autodesk v. CW.... wonder who would win that...?
No, but they have $$$ to influence those who do.
Autodesk is not a god. Guidence for what?
Reply to
R.K. McSwain
So, you believe the law doesn't matter. Whoever can afford the most thugs wins, right? Take a look at copyright law. That's the only LEGAL protection they have. Yes, they have enough money to intimidate people into doing as they want. I suppose you are all for armed robbery, bribery and protection rackets too. What a guy. Well McSwine, I don't know how you got out of the bozo bin but it's time for you to go back.
Reply to
CW
FYI
I know version 11c2 (windows extension) will run under Windows XP Pro edition using compatibility mode.
Reply to
Dave Johnson
Isn't that the American way? O.J., Michael Jackson and many others would agree.
I never said I agree with Autodesk policies, I just don't understand why those who don't continue to buy their products. Why agree to the EULA, then violate it.
If you can't get the name right, then don't waste your time.
Reply to
R.K. McSwain
Thanks CW.
I'm afraid I would be talking out of my hat if I told her "Run it in compatibility mode" because I have no idea what that means and I'm pretty sure that she won't either.
(ie Run XP Home Edition or AutoCAD 2000 in compatibility mode ? )
What I did suggest to her was that she might create a new partition and install either Win 2000 Pro or Win98 SE on it.
I also suggested that she sweet talk the office geek into going home with her and helping her get it all accomplished. She wasn't too keen on the latter.
CW wrote:
Reply to
Eunoia Eigensinn
The way to do it is run it in compatibility mode. Set it for Wi
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CW is correct, I did the same with windows XP and AutoCAD 2000
Basically this is what to do, with CD in, click run, browse, highligh
the .exe install file, right click and now I kinda forget exactly bu look for run or install in a alternant compatability it lists a fe like 95, 98, NT pick win98 and proceed. thats all there is to it
good luc
Reply to
RMS
The compatibility mode is in Win XP. It should give details in help. They included that feature just for software that would not run on XP but would under earlier versions. Go here:
formatting link

Reply to
CW
It should install, make sure she does not have a student version already on her machine. Try to re-install. I have not had a problem with 2000 and XP Home.
Reply to
Curtis/Marlene
Right click the setup.exe, select properties, then set compatibility to w> It should install, make sure she does not have a student version already on
Reply to
Jerry G
This problem was solved about two months ago. Someone pulls up a way out of date post, posts a reply then everyone jumps in.
Reply to
CW
The message was dated 10/7/2005. It may have been solved a long time ago but the person with the question only asked on Friday. They may have only dl'ed the newest 500 messages and never saw the original question. I sort messages by date, newest first and check posted date before responding because I did make that mistake ...ONCE
CW wrote:
Reply to
Jerry G

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