AUTOCAD 7

Installing from Dual CD/DVD ROM Drive Systems
Installation fails if you attempt to install AutoCAD with both install CDs in each drive of a dual CD/DVD ROM drive system. When asked for the second install disk, the install routine is unable to recognize the disk in the second CD drive. You must replace the first disk with the second disk in the same drive in order to complete the installation.
HTML Help fails when invoked from a network drive
Due to a limitation imposed by the Windows Security Update #896258 from Microsoft, invoking the Help system from a network drive fails. Specifically, the ActiveX control that launches the help topics from the Table of Contents no longer functions. You will encounter a "Page Cannot Be Displayed" warning.
Disk Imaging
If your computer is in a SATA RAID environment and you are experiencing licensing instability, using disk imaging software to distribute Autodesk products can cause problems with product activation. If you attempt to activate the product in a SATA RAID environment, you may get an "Activation code limit exceeded" message.
Error Reporting
The Error Report message, which is displayed when your AutoCAD session ends unexpectedly, encourages you to send error reports to Autodesk. Error reports help Autodesk identify and resolve many problems with the product. The Error Report message is similar to the one that is shown when an application ends unexpectedly on a computer running Microsoft® Windows® XP. Error reporting records the portion of the product that is in use when the work session ends. In the Error Report message, click Optional Data, enter the following information, and then click Send Report:
Information about what you were doing in AutoCAD before your session ended unexpectedly
Your contact information
Providing this information helps Autodesk reproduce the error and fix it as quickly as possible. If an AutoCAD session ends unexpectedly but the Error Report message is not displayed, make sure that the REPORTERROR system variable is set to 1.

64-Bit Operating System Deployments
Creating a deployment for AutoCAD on an XP 64-bit system is slower than deployments on an XP 32-bit system. The Deployment Wizard can successfully create a deployment image on a 64-bit system, but the process takes approximately 5 times longer than on a 32-bit system.
Some Non-English 2006 Product Line Installers Fail if 2007 Products Are Already Installed
The installer for the Autodesk 2007 product line installs a .NET Framework 2.0. This prohibits the installation of some non-English Autodesk 2006 products after a 2007 product has been installed. Reinstall .NET 1.1 and its related service pack to install 2006-based products.
Insert the 2006-based product CD in the drive.
Browse to \Bin\acadFeui\support\dotnetfx\ and double-click dotnetfx.exe to install .NET 1.1.
From the same folder, double-click NDP1.1sp1-KB867460-X86.exe to install .NET 1.1 Service Pack1.
To install a non-English version,

Browse to \Bin\acadFeui\support\dotnetfx\language\ and install langpack.exe.
Install the 2006-based products.
Licensing
Updated PLIST Information Is Ignored
Updated PLIST information is ignored in a distributed license server environment. Periodically, Autodesk might update the Product List (PLIST) information in a network license file.
For instance, you have an existing license file, containing PLIST information, residing on the first server of a distributed license server environment. If you purchase another Autodesk product with a license file containing updated PLIST information, and it resides on a different server in the distributed server environment, the older PLIST data from the first server is recognized instead of the newer PLIST data.

To make sure the updated PLIST file is read obtain a new license file from Autodesk that contains the latest PLIST information. Alternatively, you could add the updated PLIST to the first server in the distributed license server environment to make sure that it is always read.

Hardware
SATA RAID Environment Failure
After you activate and then restart your product, you receive error 0.1.0011 or 11.1.6011 and are required to reactivate. This problem can occur for Autodesk's 2006- and 2007-based products on computers with SATA RAID controllers.
See Autodesk Activation Update for a Product Support solution to this problem.

Graphics Card Driver Update
For the best program performance, you should verify and update your graphics card driver. For more information, see Graphics Card Driver Update.
Remote Access Applications
It is not recommended that you use any type of remote access application in conjunction with AutoCAD when AutoCAD is configured to use hardware acceleration. Most remote access applications cannot support hardware acceleration, and as a result, can cause general display failure and instability. If you need to use remote access applications, disable hardware acceleration or use the /NOHARDWARE command line switch to start AutoCAD in Software mode.

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