How To Install Autocad 2012 In Windows 10

[Shawana Messerli]

Mycompany recently upgraded to Windows 7 and 10. I cannot get AutoCAD 2000 to install on the Windows 10 machine. Is there any easy solution for this problem that isn't going to cost our company a lot of money for an upgrade?

AutoCAD 2000 is not supported to run under Windows 10 and most likely you will have to go this route in order for it to work. Also AutoCAD 2000 was released 17 years ago.. Did you assume a 17 yr old application was just going to run on a new operating system? Did anybody test drive this before going to Windows 10?

Hello. This is a really old install. This is 18 years out of development and the operating system it was designed for was discontinued by Microsoft some time ago. If you could get it installed, I imagine you would have difficulty activating it as well. We support the current version and three back, so this is really pretty far outside what we normally see.

Is it possible that it could work on Windows 10? It is possible, if you have the install media, I suppose, but there is 18 years of development from the Operating System through the Antivirus you have to contend with.

For me, could never get Windows 95 to work, one crash after another, 98SE finally got it right, but this was four years after 98 was introduced. 2000, Mellium, and Vista were bad jokes. Took them about four years to get XP working with service pack 3, AutoCad 2000 ran well and still had a parallel port for my plotter with the correct drivers.

But sure a down turn with 98SE, could run both my DOS and Windows programs on it, but completely worthless on the internet today. Windows 7, is kind of okay, runs most of my old software with Microsoft compatibility. Manage to run AutoCad 2000 on it, by installing it directly off my old hard drive, but have to hit of all things, acl1st15.dll to open it. Copied the Autodesk Shared directory to the Program x86 Common directory, leaving off other details, did not take notes, not even sure how I got here.

Just went back to my old 98SE box, and deleted all the browsers and anti virus from it, don't even plug it in, works great with my plotter. If I have to email a *.dwg it still has a floppy, do have an IBM floppy that works just fine with a USB plug on it. One other change, works perfectly fine with a hundred buck LED monitor. Still have my 21 inch Viewsonic, but getting old, almost breaks my back when I try to lift it.

People - The longbow solution is best. I have AutoCAD 2000 running perfectly on Windows 10 64bit, with my old serial number. This is how to do it, tested working 100% - Installing AutoCAD 2000 on Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10

How is Acad 2000 running on Windows 10? Stepson is stuck in a socialistic country, professional architect, running so slow,taking him hours to get anything done. I am retired now, 79 years old, but had several computers on a LAN.

Since they have to change the technology every five minutes, just had the latest and greatest computer just to get on the net, others were off the net, good way to get hacked. Either a floppy, Zip drive, CD, or a USB stick to transfer files to the online computer, with a response, do a virus check first from the online computer before transferring it to the LAN computers.

Can't even count the number of computers I purchased for the land fill, are they any better? Different is more like it, for some reason, I cannot pitch a 386 with a co-possessor That I laid out $5,000.00 for, like $12,000.00 today. Runs Acad 2 that came on four floppy disks. Primary work was in automotive electronics, had to memorize all the commands, leave Acad to store blocks, and memorize all those DOS commands to restore them.

Trying to guess what longbow is doing, guessing just taking files from older versions of Windows. 2000 was really fast on Windows 98SE, but terrible on Windows 10. What is best is what is best for you. HP plotter is sure gathering dust, entire circuit was on a plot. Then had to break it up in standard letter size prints so they can be emailed. Progress?

Dear all I recently installed Autocad2000, Autocad 2000 Migration Assistant, Autocad 2000 Learning Assistant (all help files and video's are functional) using Longbow Software from The Longbow software installs Autocad 2000 which is completely functional in Windows 10 version 2020 including express tools and other Autocad 2000 updates needed. Longbow's software works very well. Windows 10 removed ability to open the old help files, I had to replace the windows 10 "winhlp32.exe" to get the help system to work, this was a bit involved but can be done via -to-open-hlp-winhelp-files-in-windows-10/

Hello! I have also recently upgraded my office to Windows 10 and was having the same issues. What was recommended to me was a program called Longbow. Basically what it does is trick Windows 10 into running 32bit AutoCAD 2000 on new 64bit machines. I can not speak highly enough of Longbow. Their program works flawlessly, and their customer support team is outstanding. They helped me with problems I had when installing and were very prompt, courteous, and friendly when responding to me. They even gave me a phone call and remoted into my computer (with permission of course) when I had issues to fix my problems, all while explaining to me what they were doing so I could replicate it in the future. Give Longbow a shot. I guarantee you won't regret it. Also, here is a link to their website with an article on how to install it. Good luck!

I have existing installation on AUTOCAD200 on my XP Desktop and after it broke I was able to access old Hard drive using hard drive reader from amazon $20 and copy AUTOCAD2000 files from XP hard drive to my Windows 10 Laptop. I follow these easy steps:

2. Copy all files from existing XP PC hard drive C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared folder to new W10 C:\Program Files (x86)\ACAD2000 as loose files ( no need to create Autodesk Shared folder).

I just bought a dell 8960 windows 11 with ddr5 memory and all the fast gadgets. I had acad lt 2000 on my last computer which was windows 7 upgraded to windows 10. Didn't want to pay over $150.00 for the software that I used to put it on windows 7, so I tried replacing the setup file with a setup32 file and guess what? All I had to do after the install was to copy a few dll files to the acad directory and it works just like it did back in the XP days.

I am currently running AutoCad2010 on windows 7. I have been searching for a driver for my HP750c plotter. I have tried the windows Vista 64 bit driver with no results. Does anyone have a driver that will work for me.

I am experiencing the same problem. My os was Windows xp but my computer crashed and now I am using windows 7. When I try to load my software it says "not compatible". I have tried to change the compatibility but still no luck. Can you explain again what I need to do to be able to run the software. Apparently I am using a 64 bit system.

Thank you very much for your reply. Here is what I have found out after several sessions with both Microsoft and Hewlett Packard. I am running Windows 7 Premium on my HP computer. Per Microsoft sessions, Windows Home Premium will not run Auto Cad 2000 without complications ( as you mentioned, some things work, some don't ) but by upgrading to Windows Professional, your problems are solved. providing your computer is up to it. Now per HP sessions, the computer I bought is not set up for office applications. By this I mean anything other than home use such as checking email, internet browsing, playing cards, etc. Apparently Auto Cad 2000 is considered as office software, not home software therefore it still will not run on my computer. This is 100% my fault for not doing the proper research. Now, here is the good news. According to Microsoft, you can download software called virtual PC ( by the way this is free). Then download free software called XP Mode. Now this will allow you to run XP on your Windows 7 operating system. But this will only operate with Windows 7 Professional or Windows 7 Ultimate, not Windows 7 Home Premium. The upgrade to the Professional edition it $89.95 from Microsoft. There is a video demonstration on Microsofts web site that will explain how this works and how to install it. All of this information is the result of several sessions with both Microsoft and Hewlett Packard. The representative from HP ( an American by the way) told me it was not worth the headaches I will encounter without upgrading my computer and Windows 7 Professional. I apologize for taking up so much room and time, but I tried to relay all of the information I have gathered to try to relieve some of the problems for someone else

I was able to load Acad 2000 onto my new dell desktop. But I can't seem to plot to my HP DJ430. There does not seem to be a driver available. The new os is Windows 7 home addition 64 bit. Any solutions would be most appreciated.

It seems to be working so far except printing. I had a HPLJ HL-1320 attached to an XP SP3 (professional) box. Acad couldn't see the printer or any of my other networked printers (Win7 drivers aren't installed on the print server (W2003 Server) yet.

I tried attaching the HL-1320 to the Win7 box, and ACAD would see the printer, but would give a memory error when I tried to select it. It would then disappear from the selection till I restarted ACAD.

I've been trying for a week to install it onto my newly bought PC but nothing seems to work. I've tried all download/install methods several times and I still cannot figure out what is going wrong. My teacher has suggested that it might be because I have the home version of windows and since I saw no posts talking about this specifically I thought I'd ask directly.

Posting info: Sometimes the installation log file contains the serial # that was assigned to you. Open your log file using Windows Notepad and perform a search on "/SN". Depending on the number of installation attempts, your serial # may be located throughout the log file. If present, remove or "X" out your serial # prior to posting.

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