Not Responding/computer locks up

I'm using Autodesk 2002 Land Desktop Development. This following problem doesn't occur in new projects or in projects where the data collection link has only been opened a few times. When I try to open the data collection link (after several successful openings) Autocad stops responding and the computer locks up and has to be turned off. A new problem has come up (don't know if it's related) when I try to plot a drawing Autocad stops responding and the computer locks up. This new problem seemed to come along at the same time as a non-autocad problem hit me and not being an expert/computer savy user I havent been able to resolve this either; when my computer starts I get an unhandled exception, I believe it's searching for or trying to access a non-existent path. WHEW! Have you any words of wisdom?

Post the exact error message you are receiving.

Have you tried to resolve the path(s) yet?

The error message at start up is "System.Data.OleDbException: 'C:\Program Files\dfjdkjfdkjfldif\dfjdkjfdkjfdkjfldjf\logs\Database.kdb' is not a valid path. Make sure that the path name is spelled correctly and that you are connected to the server on which the file resides." and of course there is no error message when the system locks up, everything just freezes.

I guess when AutoCAD "locks up" I am just S.O.L. Everyone's saying "doesn't happen on my computer"

. A new problem has come up (don't know if it's related) when I try to plot a drawing Autocad stops responding and the computer locks up.

We had a similar issue here in my office with 1 or 2 users when trying to plot. We resolved the problem. The printers available to us for use are located on our server, but there are lots of printers available to us that we do not use. We removed all the excess printers that we don't need or use and that solved our problem.

Re: lock up when trying to plot. Have you tried connecting directly to the plotter/printer?

See this:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6y8t7kbw.aspx

I thought I had it fixed when I removed an unused fax. It worked fine for a while and now it's back to freezing up. I restored my computer to an earlier point but that didn't help. Any other suggestions?

Almost two months to the day we first heard from you. Same problem though. Possible pathing problem? Are paths "absolute" or "relative"?

You're talking way above my knowledge base. I didn't even know there were absolute or relative paths.

Maybe the program is having a difficult time finding the file you want to print. Have you tried copying the drawing to your hard drive and printing from there? What happens?

Are you still getting this error message?

"Make sure that the path name is spelled correctly and that you are connected to the server on which the file resides."

The dwg is on my hard drive and yes, I'm still getting the error message whenever I restart my computer.

Have you loaded all patches for your OS?

Have you installed all service packs?