I have tried three times, unsuccessfully, to install the trial of AutoCAD 2015 on my Windows 7 Home Premium x64 machine. In all three attempts, the result has been that the program installs but the splash screen gets stuck at "checking license." I gave it about an hour to unstick, but it didn't, nor does it display any prompts or error messages. It uses no CPU while stuck, and Windows doesn't display a "This program has encountered an error and needs to close" dialogue. I downloaded "Install Now Autodesk AutoCAD 2015" using Firefox and ran it, following the procedure in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDxf-BxBqds There were a couple of hiccups, though. I clicked "Keep blocked" when Windows Firewall objected to somehing accessing the internet during installation (whoops! *****I suspect this is the problem*****). I also inadvertently agreed to the American EULA even though I'm Canadian, because I didn't notice the listbox of countries. I ran AutoCAD and it stuck. Then I remembered I was supposed to reboot after installing, so I rebooted, but it still stuck. Then I remembered I'd kept something blocked, so I opened "Allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall" in Control Panel, allowed Akamai NetSession (which I presumed was the thing I'd kept blocked) to access public and local networks, and tried again, but it still stuck. Attempt #2: I uninstalled all Autodesk and Akamai programs using Add/Remove Software, deleted all Autodesk and Akamai folders from my hard drive, rebooted and repeated the installation. It didn't ask me to allow anything through Windows Firewall this time. Attempt #3: Same as Attempt #2, but this time I also deleted the Autodesk keys in Regedit and cleared the %TEMP% folder before rebooting. I redownloaded "Install Now Autodesk AutoCAD 2015", this time using Chrome, and installed again. (It was at this point that I noticed the list of countries and chose Canada.) In the meanwhile, I've already lost four days of my trial period
😞 I will be very grateful if anyone can tell me how to get this working. Thanks, - Chris
