Windows 7 - experiences

[benw]

Hi Guys
Can anybody tell me if they are using Windows 7 with Autocad 2009
and if they know of any problems. We will be upgrading to 7 and our office is using Acad 2009.
Cheers Dodge

I'm unsure about 2009, I have just installed Win7 64bit and am using Architecture 2010 with out any problems at all (only been a week)
So far very happy with win7

[jnywu]

I have upgraded to Win7 x64, but have no problems whatsoever with autocad. Then again, I have switched over to autocad 2010, so i expect it to work well...I'll install 2006 just out of curiosity when I get home.

[TeeSqr]

Upgraded to a new laptop with Win 7 32b, previous was XP Pro running Acad 2006 like a dream. However, when installed Acad 2006 on Win 7 machine it installed fine but came up with incompatible messages on start up but would open only when right clicking on acad icon and running as adminstrator! However, tried to install Arch 2010 but would roll back install near end with error message "....failed to load FNP_ACT.Installer....", downloaded the 'fix' file and copied it to the required folder in path but still would not install! Just gave up and resorted to Acad 2010 which installed fine and runs perfectly - anybody managed to load Arch 2010 on Win 7 without the offending rollback scenario?

[bradbb2005]

Win 7 Pro 64B here with 2010, and it works great this is on a laptop too 1.8Ghz Dual Core ,4GB ram...no problems here

[Danny]

Windows 7 using 2010 Mechanical, Very happy with the OS and Acad. A little time to get used to the different symbols and interface, but after that, it is IMHO the most effecient OS and version of acad available. Exceptional improvements in all areas. And yes I used the ribbon

[ntptorres]

Yes...is thru..no problems using Autocad with W7 64 Bit Pro...it work so far very good...Im very glad...so satisfy with this operative system that help autocad to work so fast.....so fine....try it..!!!!

I learned on my gaming forum that 7 has an "xp" option. I believe settable to certain EXE files. The concensus was that it was put in for business apps, and not gaming. But ACAD uses OpenGL and DirextX like games do. We have som CAD guys there, but no one was on 7 yet.

One guy did upgrade to 7 but had to reinstall all his software.

One of the guys had a seperate joystick configuration that during install wouldn't work. 7asked him if he wanted it fixed, he said yes, and it fixed it

[Jio098]

i recently tried autocad on windows 7 and in my opinion it was a bit slow....dont know if it was a problem of autocad or windows 7 but it seemed slow to respond..

[Currahee]

Plan for the future. You don't intend on staying with AutoCAD 2006 forever do you?

ADT 2006....yes...cant stand Achitecture 2010...maybe one day if I ever have to upgrade OS

[TruViet911]

I'm running Windows 7 x64 with AutoCAD 2010 and have not had any problems. also running windows 7 x32 with AutoCAD2004 no problems found.

[Tankman]

"Windows 7 is supported in AutoCAD 2010 (and 2011 and higher) and Inventor 2010 (and 2011 and higher). If you want to install and run older versions of AutoCAD, LT, or Inventor (2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, R11...) in Win7, you can use the virtualized "XP Mode" available for Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise (both 32-bit and 64-bit).

To use the Windows XP Mode you will need a CPU hardware support. You can detect the HW virtualization support in your processor with the utility havdetectiontool.exe . The Windows XP Mode add-on (application) can be downloaded from the Microsoft web. Then you can install the tool through Windows Virtual PC > Windows XP Mode."