Over a month ago I tried several times to install C3D 2013, but it failed everytime. Today I tried AutoCAD 2013, which also failed.
The contents of the log file follow:
2012/6/19:14:34:40 Tom HPDESKTOP01 === Setup started on HPDESKTOP01 by Tom ===
2012/6/19:14:34:40 Tom HPDESKTOP01 Launch
2012/6/19:14:35:08 Tom HPDESKTOP01 === Setup ended ===
2012/6/19:14:34:56 Tom HPDESKTOP01 === Setup started on HPDESKTOP01 by Tom ===
2012/6/19:14:34:56 Tom HPDESKTOP01 Launch
2012/6/19:14:35:09 Tom HPDESKTOP01 PageOpen LaunchDialog
2012/6/19:14:42:58 Tom HPDESKTOP01 PageOpen LicenseDialog
2012/6/19:14:43:08 Tom HPDESKTOP01 PageOpen ProductInfoDialog
2012/6/19:14:44:19 Tom HPDESKTOP01 PageOpen ProductSelectionDialog2
2012/6/19:14:44:25 Tom HPDESKTOP01 PageOpen FullProgressDialog
2012/6/19:14:44:25 Tom HPDESKTOP01 Installing DirectX Runtime: C:\Autodesk\AutoCAD_2013_English_Win_32bit\3rdParty\DirectX\DXSETUP.exe /silent
2012/6/19:14:45:20 Tom HPDESKTOP01 Install DirectX Runtime Succeeded
2012/6/19:14:45:20 Tom HPDESKTOP01 Installing Autodesk Material Library 2013: ADSK_EULA_STATUS=#1 MUILANG=en-us ADSK_SOURCE_ROOT="C:\Autodesk\AutoCAD_2013_English_Win_32bit\" FILESINUSETEXT="" REBOOT=ReallySuppress ADSK_SETUP_EXE=1
2012/6/19:14:46:12 Tom HPDESKTOP01 Install Autodesk Material Library 2013 Succeeded
2012/6/19:14:46:12 Tom HPDESKTOP01 Installing Autodesk Material Library 2013 - Low Resolution: ADSK_EULA_STATUS=#1 MUILANG=en-us ADSK_SOURCE_ROOT="C:\Autodesk\AutoCAD_2013_English_Win_32bit\" FILESINUSETEXT="" REBOOT=ReallySuppress ADSK_SETUP_EXE=1
2012/6/19:14:48:01 Tom HPDESKTOP01 Install Autodesk Material Library 2013 - Low Resolution Succeeded
2012/6/19:14:48:01 Tom HPDESKTOP01 Installing Autodesk Content Service: INSTALLMODE=PRIVATE AUTOSTART=0 TRANSFORMS="C:\Autodesk\AutoCAD_2013_English_Win_32bit\x86\en-us\Tools\snap\ContentService.mst" ADSK_EULA_STATUS=#1 MUILANG=en-us ADSK_SOURCE_ROOT="C:\Autodesk\AutoCAD_2013_English_Win_32bit\" FILESINUSETEXT="" REBOOT=ReallySuppress ADSK_SETUP_EXE=1
2012/6/19:14:48:31 Tom HPDESKTOP01 Install Autodesk Content Service Succeeded
2012/6/19:14:48:31 Tom HPDESKTOP01 Installing Autodesk Content Service Language Pack: ADSK_EULA_STATUS=#1 MUILANG=en-us ADSK_SOURCE_ROOT="C:\Autodesk\AutoCAD_2013_English_Win_32bit\" FILESINUSETEXT="" REBOOT=ReallySuppress ADSK_SETUP_EXE=1
2012/6/19:14:48:51 Tom HPDESKTOP01 Install Autodesk Content Service Language Pack Succeeded
2012/6/19:14:48:52 Tom HPDESKTOP01 Installing AutoCADĀ® 2013: TRANSFORMS="C:\Autodesk\AutoCAD_2013_English_Win_32bit\x86\en-us\acad\acad.mst;C:\DOCUME~1\Tom\LOCALS~1\Temp\_AI3F5.tmp\x86\acad\acad-standalone.mst" ADSK_EULA_STATUS=#1 MUILANG=en-us ADSK_SOURCE_ROOT="C:\Autodesk\AutoCAD_2013_English_Win_32bit\" INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2013\" FILESINUSETEXT="" REBOOT=ReallySuppress ADSK_SETUP_EXE=1
2012/6/19:14:49:56 Tom HPDESKTOP01 Install AutoCADĀ® 2013 Failed Installation aborted, Result=1603
2012/6/19:14:50:12 Tom HPDESKTOP01 Rollback Autodesk Content Service Language Pack Succeeded
2012/6/19:14:50:34 Tom HPDESKTOP01 Rollback Autodesk Content Service Succeeded
2012/6/19:14:50:44 Tom HPDESKTOP01 Rollback Autodesk Material Library 2013 - Low Resolution Succeeded
2012/6/19:14:53:03 Tom HPDESKTOP01 Rollback Autodesk Material Library 2013 Succeeded
2012/6/19:14:53:04 Tom HPDESKTOP01 Rollback DirectX Runtime Failed Failure is ignored, Result=1619
Download Direct X Runtime directly from the microsoft site, reboot then install