AutoCAD 2013 Constantly Crashing

[aburn96]

Hi all, whenever I launch AutoCAD 2013 Student Editition, it will instantly close after the startup has finished, so I am unable to register it with the serial code and such. I searched online for an answer, tried everything but nothing worked...

I'm running Windows 8.1. 

How can I fix it? Thanks

[rkmcswain]

AutoCAD 2013 does not support Windows 8.1.

I'm not saying it won't work, but this could have something to do with your issue. Is this a new development? In other words, was it ever working on this machine/OS?

Do you have a specific reason for using 2013? If not, consider downloading and installing 2015 which does support Win8

[pendean]

Change hardware acceleration settings in AutoCAd and see if that helps.
Then try upgrading (or downgrading) the video card drivers in Win8.1.

Good luck: 2013 versions of AutoCASd are not supported in Win8 as noted above.

[aburn96]

When I was using Windoes 8, AutoCAD was running perfectly fine. Hmm, if I am unable to fix the issue I will upgrade to 2015. 

Thanks for the reply!

[aburn96]

pendean  : Ok, I will try that, hopefully it works haha.

Thanks for the reply!

[pendean]

The process to create Win8.1 from inside Win8 is the problem for most AutoCAD users. Win8, though short-lived, seemd to be trouble-free with AutoCAD versions old and current.

[igoldfarb]

My user upgrade his HP Win 8 PC x64 to Windows 8.1 and the Autocad 2013 LT is not working any more

I applayed Service pack ( 3 in total) ver 1, ver 1.1 and ver 2, but no luck

Video card  is buil in (intel drivers updated), but Autocad is down, what can i do??

Isaac

[igoldfarb]

Do you have a specific reason for using 2013? If not, consider downloading and installing 2015 which does support Win8

How my user can upgarde from 2013 LT to 2015?