I downloaded the free trial, and I am sure i chose the 64 bit, but the 32 bit autodesk app in running in my background. For the first 3 days, autocad worked fine, I have now spent 5 hours trying to open and use austocad. It will open, but dings at me everytime I try and press any command and won't work. Is it possible I am running the 32 bit on my 64 bit computer? would this cause it to constantly freeze on me?
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If vanilla acad is anything like the acad arch install, the MSI has been set to reject installation of 2008 on 64bit OS. The work around is to copy the contents of the DVD onto a machine and edit the MSI file. If you do a search under the autocad architecture forum you will find more detailed instructions. 2009 was the first true 64bit version released if my memory serves me right.
I would like to thank the community for their response. To anyone looking for the answer with problems loading autocad, Longbow is the answer. I have never seen a company that went to so much effort to help a customer. Kudos to longbow.
I insisted that my dad just get with the times and get an autocad that was more modern and updated, but he insisted that he HAD to have this old version. I know absolutely nothing about Autocad so forgive me if this was a blasphemous suggestion