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hyposmurf
27th Aug 2003, 09:39 pm
What are your opinions on the Autodesk service packs 1 & 2 ?Are they worth installing?Do they cause more problems than they are worth?Whats the difference between the locked and unlocked version?Wheres the best place to download them?
hendie
28th Aug 2003, 08:27 am
What Whats the difference between the locked and unlocked version?
dunno about the service packs but the "Locked" version is the one that uses a Dongle like wot we use here in the UK. The "Unlocked" version uses a software lock.
Dongles ! ****** useless things !
hyposmurf
28th Aug 2003, 12:35 pm
Aha,yeh that ridiculous looking thing that plugs in at the back!I guess I'm locked then :) !
hendie
28th Aug 2003, 12:55 pm
aren't we all !
f700es
28th Aug 2003, 02:56 pm
aren't we all !

<cough cough> I'm not. :wink:
I don't know why AutoDesk does that for the international users :( ,
never have figured that one out. Haven't seen a locked copy of AC since some early educational copies of r12.
hendie
28th Aug 2003, 03:02 pm
I know, I think it's only in the UK and perhaps some of Europe that we still have to put up with that sort of crap
Flores
1st Sep 2003, 05:59 am
I install all service packs that come out. The Autodesk website is one place to get the patches, and here is another site:
http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_de/default.asp?tab=4
Had a bad run-in with the hardware lock (dongle) once. When ACAD r13 first came out, I bought the student version. Me and a buddy from school decided we would split the $350 that it cost, and we would install it on both of our computers at home. We paid for it, but I used my name to get it, and when it came, it had a hardware lock. Since it could only be installed on one computer, I kept it, and had to return $175 to my buddy.

Flores