Civil 3D on Windows 7 with a projector

[rick-chappell]

Has anyone been working with C3D on Windows 7 much? I converted several weeks ago and has been great, but we're noticing when we connect to a projector, we're locking up pretty consistently during basing C3D work. It appears to be related to the video synching witht he projectors.
Has anyone else run across this?

[Civil3DReminders_com]

I was in another office with my laptop Windows 7/ Civil 3D and was having problems like you described. We ended up using a desktop. I thought it may have been because my Windows 7 Evaluation copy was expiring, but I didn't have any problems when it wasn't attached to the projector. Didn't spend much time trying to fix the problem though.

Christopher

[Sinc]

I've used C3D 2010 on a Windows 7 x64 laptop with a projector and no problems. But there's lots of variation in systems.

-- Sinc
http://www.ejsurveying.com
http://www.quuxsoft.com

[Anonymous]

I've had issues with my laptops video, Aero, and dual screen extension
of my desktop. For me, its all hardware issues...

Matthew Anderson, PE



dei-feif wrote:
> I've used C3D 2010 on a Windows 7 x64 laptop with a projector and no problems. But there's lots of variation in systems.
>
> -- Sinc
> http://www.ejsurveying.com
> http://www.quuxsoft.com
>

[amdomag]

I have Windows 7 64 and Civil 3D 2010 doing plenty of presentations using a projector with no problem.

Same with Sinc here.

Arnel M. Domag
nth geographics and geometrics

[BrianHailey]

No issues here. What video card are you using? That would be the first place I would look.

Brian Hailey
http://www.cad-1.com
http://www.AtYourDeskTraining.com
http://Civil3DPlus.wordpress.com

[rick-chappell]

Well, I identified the culprit. It appears the Win 7 Desktop Composition causes it. As long as I disable it (on the compatibility tab from the startup shortcut), I can present with no problems.