Problem installing ACAD2000 with WinXP

[dave]

I've got an old copy of AutoCAD2000 which installs fine with Win 98,
2000 and NT. I've just bought a new PC which is running Windows XP
(Home Edition) with FAT32. When I try to run AutoCAD2000's setup.exe
or install.exe files, they cause the system to "freeze" and I get the
warning window "Application not responding".
Win XP otherwise works fine. I'm guessing its a compatibility problem
between Win XP and the setup.exe file.
Is there a patch or new setup.exe file that I can download to fix this
?
Thanks in anticpation
Dave

[Michael Oakley]

You need to use Win XP Pro with AutoCAD 2000. There are some conflict issued
with Win XP Home edition.

Michael Oakley
oak@y12.doe.gov

[MR]

There is a compatability install selection on XP that you can use to install that will work just fine. It's been so
long now that I am not sure how it goes, but it's there.
Good luck,
MR

"dave" <davedonuts@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:fc751cd4.0306292246.7a5ed973@posting.google.com... I've got an old copy of AutoCAD2000 which installs fine with Win 98, 2000 and NT. I've just bought a new PC which is running Windows XP (Home Edition) with FAT32. When I try to run AutoCAD2000's setup.exe or install.exe files, they cause the system to "freeze" and I get the warning window "Application not responding". Win XP otherwise works fine. I'm guessing its a compatibility problem between Win XP and the setup.exe file. Is there a patch or new setup.exe file that I can download to fix this ? Thanks in anticpation Dave

[dave]

Thanks !
The compatibility install feature on Win MX doesn't fix the problem;
and I can't find a patch on Autodesk or Microsoft's web sites to fix
it either...
There MUST be a solution out there somewhere :-(
Any other ideas ?
Thanks
Dave

[Michael Oakley]

davedonuts@hotmail.com (dave) wrote in message news:<fc751cd4.0306292246.7a5ed973@posting.google.com>... I've got an old copy of AutoCAD2000 which installs fine with Win 98, 2000 and NT. I've just bought a new PC which is running Windows XP (Home Edition) with FAT32. When I try to run AutoCAD2000's setup.exe or install.exe files, they cause the system to "freeze" and I get the warning window "Application not responding". Win XP otherwise works fine. I'm guessing its a compatibility problem between Win XP and the setup.exe file. Is there a patch or new setup.exe file that I can download to fix this ? Thanks in anticpation Dave

Dave,

There are some fixes and patches that should work with WinXP and ACAD
2000. I am using WinXP Pro and ACAD 2000. There seems to be a
problem with WinXP Home and ACAD 2000. Check the AutoCAD newsgroups,
there has been some ongoing messages about problems and fixes using
ACAD 2000 and WinXP Home.