marvin Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 Hi, Newbi here. I've got AutoCad 2000 and need to buy a newer computer. I now have Win. 2000 and wonder if my version of AutoCad will operate on Win7? TIA! Marvin Quote
rkent Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 Hi, Newbi here. I've got AutoCad 2000 and need to buy a newer computer. I now have Win. 2000 and wonder if my version of AutoCad will operate on Win7? TIA! Marvin I don't have a definitive answer since I have not tried it but I would guess that it would not. I think you can run programs in compatibility mode in W7, so that might be the answer. Call an autodesk reseller in your area. Quote
f700es Posted February 21, 2011 Posted February 21, 2011 Hi Marvin, not sure about r2000 on Win7 but there are a few, free AutoCAD LT like programs on the web. These will run on Win7 and they will have a bit more mature tool sets as compared to r2000. Look at -[]-S-[draftsight]"]Draftsight and maybe DoubleCAD XT if 2D is all you need. Both read and write current versions of DWG. Good luck and let us know if you get r2000 working on Win7. Hi, Newbi here. I've got AutoCad 2000 and need to buy a newer computer. I now have Win. 2000 and wonder if my version of AutoCad will operate on Win7? TIA! Marvin Quote
Jack_O'neill Posted February 21, 2011 Posted February 21, 2011 I've played around some with Doublecad XT, pretty cool little program when you get used to it. Quote
ReMark Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 Some people have gotten older versions of AutoCAD to run under Windows 7. Unfortunately it seems that at some point the programs ceases to function (possibly due to the updates Microsoft constantly issues) and then they are left with a non-function program. You might want to seek out an alternative. Quote
Tankman Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 Perhaps you could try Win 7 running XP mode? I've heard a number of success stories using XP mode to open older AutoCAD programs. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx Quote
marvin Posted March 17, 2011 Author Posted March 17, 2011 Thanks for the info.! For right now I'm just using my old computer, for ACad only, and it seems to be Ok for now but will look into these other options at some point. Quote
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