It would help if you could be more specific. The few
more details you've given are helpful, but for example, what have you removed
that might be a source for this problem? What did you edit in the
registry, and why? This does not fill me with confidence.
You left a few of my previous questions unanswered [I've
indicated the answers you've given]:
1. Does it work if you login to the local PC as an
administrator? [No.] If so, then make sure that every user has read/write
access to C:\C_DILLA. [What sharing permissions are on this folder? Right click
and select Properties.]
2. Does it work if you temporarily turn off your antivirus
program, or eliminate C:\C_DILLA from its scan? [No.]
3. Did it ever work on this PC? [No, not standalone.] If
so, what's changed since then? [N/A]
4. What boot manager do you use, and in fact, what is all the
software that loads before the OS?
Let me add a few more comments and questions
below.
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I
have now removed anything from this system that may be the source for this
problem, and halted almost all services, etc. I've also edited the registry
etc.
The summary is ACAD200o is OK, ACAD2002 network is OK, ACAD 2002 standalone
(the one required) has never worked on this system. Im logged is as full
administrator. The issue is C_DILLA cannot see the machine identifier and
therefore fails.
The error log "AutoCAD 2002 Adlm.err" includes the following fragment..
--->
[916: 2003/4/29 - 22:58:27:128]
ThrownFile=..\adlmcd\CdaSelectTryAndExtendHandler.cpp
ThrownLine=218
AdlmError=17
AdlmVersion=1.0.0
OSMajorVersion=5
OSMinorVersion=0
OSBuildNo=2195
OSPlatform=2
OSExtraInfo=Service Pack 2
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This is good stuff, thanks! What is the value
for "VendorError" in this file? Is there any other value besides
"VendorError=8"?
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My only and final thought is that the W2000 machine name is of the format
A-NAAANNA-AAAA (where N is numeric, A alpha) - I wonder if C_DILLA has an
issue with a system name of this format ?? Other machine names where this is
works are all shorter without hyphens etc.
No, that's not it. When the PLU gives the error
message "Can't get Machine ID Code", it means that the boot disk is returning a
non-standard value, for example, if it's not a local, non-removable hard disk (a
disk with removable media, like a floppy or Zip, would fail), or that some other
software is denying full read/write access. Such software is likely to be
what I asked about in question 4 above. Usually this is antivirus stuff,
but what else have you got?
The W2000 machine name is not an issue, however you're
exactly on the right track by trying to compare this configuration to others
that work.
--Cy--
