Inventor 20008 Series & Windows 7

[Anonymous]

Morning all. Wondering if anyone is successfully running Windows 7 with Inventor Series 2008. I am currently running Vista 64bit Home Prem. and want to upgrade to Windows 7 because, well Vista is worthless.

Any input would be great.

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

I installed Inventor Suite 2009 and AutoCAD 2009 Mechanical on Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit.

Installation worked, Software is also working, But i don't have made any big tests right now. Is only a test if it works generally. Edited by: BBS_mleipert on Oct 22, 2009 2:35 PM

[Anonymous]

Wow, Iv 20008 😮 (jk)

Been posted on here a few times - Win7 isn't officially supported so don't
expect it to work flawlessly and if there are any problems it is unlikely
you'll get any support.

Some people have posted a few issues with Iv2010 & Win7, so bound to be more
with Iv2008. The general advice on here is to wait 'til Autodesk release a
version of Inventor that officially supports Win7 before upgrading. Whether
that's Iv2011, 2012, or a service patch for 2010 - unlikely they'll release
a service patch for Iv2009 or earlier.

Hate to say it, but would suggest holding your horses and wait it out a bit.
There's cutting edge and wanting to use a new sparkling OS, but there's
bleeding edge and finding your company productivity has been affected.


wrote in message
news:6275998@discussion.autodesk.com...
Morning all. Wondering if anyone is successfully running Windows 7 with
Inventor Series 2008. I am currently running Vista 64bit Home Prem. and want
to upgrade to Windows 7 because, well Vista is worthless.

Any input would be great.

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Thank you greatly for your thoughts. Yes, Inv 2008... I know. Due to the economy we usually do upgrades every 2 years, but we cut back and this is the result.

I am so fed up with the tendancies of Vista between the loss of printer use and not to mention the countless other problems with it. As a microsoft partner I have been waiting for the "fix" for the Vista OS and I truely believe Win7 is it, and hoping I could run Inv 2008 on it.

I suppose I could always do an uninstall if needed, but ready to move forward with a better solution.

Thank you again for your thoughts.... I guess I will cross my fingers, close my eyes and see what happens!

-Mike

[DarrenP]

you should probably install and run Windows 7 RC and test out inventor 2008 before you install the full version of Win 7 but this is just a suggestion Edited by: DarrenP on Oct 22, 2009 7:18 AM

[Anonymous]

tbh, sounds like the dislike with Vista is primarily with lack of driver
support. Why would it be any better with Win7? A quick Google search
implies Win7 can use Vista drivers if native ones don't exist - so if they
don't exist for Vista there's probably a snowballs chance in hell they'll
exist for Win7.

would certainly suggest backing up your exiting install and placing Win7 on
a new partition (or, for the cost of a new hard disk, just buy one, leaving
your existing one in a secure place) - at least that way you can use Win7 if
it works, but simply swap back to your existing OS & software install if
there's a show-stopping problem. More work up-front but will save many
problems/curse-words if you need to re-format and re-install Vista and all
programs if there's a need to roll-back (which, to be fare, probably more
than likely with Iv2008).

I'm not bashing the new OS, it sounds like a great improvement over Vista -
but still stand by my concerns of jumping ship too early (and remember a
number of complaints on here from Vista users wanting support with their old
Inventor software when they changed over without realising it wasn't
supported at the time).




wrote in message news:6276169@discussion.autodesk.com...
you should probably install and run Windows 7 RC and test out inventor 2008
before you install the full version of Win 7 but this is just a suggestion

Edited by: DarrenP on Oct 22, 2009 7:18 AM

[Anonymous]

This is second hand...I have a techie friend who's been working with the
beta of 7 for a while now. He says that the XP emulation mode in Windows
7--which is apparently a download, and not in the box--works really well.
From what I was told, that means that you can use 32 bit XP drivers from
within Windows 7, and also run XP apps that wouldn't otherwise run in the
new OS. Whether its robust enough to run something like Inventor in XP
emulation mode is another question. I'm not sure I'd want to be the first
one to try that in a production environment.

I'll be picking up a version of 7 in a few days. This ought to be
interesting...

[Anonymous]

afaik the XP mode is only available in the higher version - just a heads up
in case people are planning to order the cheaper verison(s).
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx

as to whether it'll help at all, personally letting the eager ones try it
and report back...


"Walt Jaquith" wrote in message
news:6276184@discussion.autodesk.com...
This is second hand...I have a techie friend who's been working with the
beta of 7 for a while now. He says that the XP emulation mode in Windows
7--which is apparently a download, and not in the box--works really well.
From what I was told, that means that you can use 32 bit XP drivers from
within Windows 7, and also run XP apps that wouldn't otherwise run in the
new OS. Whether its robust enough to run something like Inventor in XP
emulation mode is another question. I'm not sure I'd want to be the first
one to try that in a production environment.

I'll be picking up a version of 7 in a few days. This ought to be
interesting...

[Anonymous]

Autodesk announced today, October 22, that they will be supporting
Inventor 2010 (all versions) on Windows 7. They did not mention any
support for older versions.
--
Dennis Jeffrey, Autodesk Inventor Certified Expert
Autodesk Manufacturing Implementation Certified Expert.
Instructor/Author/Sr. App Engr. Tel. (260) 399-6615
http://teknigroup.com

[Anonymous]

Also, your CPU needs to be capable to do hardware virtualization.

[http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/configure-bios.aspx]

[Anonymous]

They did mentioned it:


Autodesk does not officially support 2009 and older versions of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT on Windows 7. If you choose to run older versions of AutoCAD on the Windows 7 operating system, you may opt to use Windows compatibility mode.

from:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=14056350&linkID=9240617

[Anonymous]

If they only support older versions when running XP Mode then they will have a whole bunch of unhappy customers.

XP Mode works but it does not have the snappy feel to it, and all of the OS improvements are not available.

[Anonymous]

Standalone or network version? I can't get license from the XP server with
Windows 7 64bit clients.

"BBS_mleipert" 写入消息 news:6276071@discussion.autodesk.com...
> I installed Inventor Suite 2009 and AutoCAD 2009 Mechanical on Windows 7
> Enterprise 64-bit.
>
> Installation worked, Software is also working, But i don't have made any
> big tests right now. Is only a test if it works generally.
>
> Edited by: BBS_mleipert on Oct 22, 2009 2:35 PM

[rfosinga]

We have installed Inventor Professional 2009 (network version) on Windows 7 - 64 bits without any problem. One item which is not working, is the Excel connection to edit an Ipart. Can somebody make a test and confirm this isue?

Thx,

Robbert

IV2009 SP3
Dell Precision 690
2.66 Ghz Quadro Xeon
Nvidia Quadro FX3500 Edited by: rfosinga on Oct 26, 2009 2:46 PM

[Anonymous]

If you use Win7 64-bit you have 64-bit. The virtual XP Mode is only 32-bit and has all problems a virtual machine has. Less memory, less performance with graphic cards and so on...

I don't want to use XP x64, cause it's not the best 64-bit solution. And my company is in the changover from 32 to 64-bit. so Win7 is tantalizing.

But i don't recommend to use Autcad or Inventor in a Virtual Machine like XP Mode.

[Anonymous]

> {quote:title=Guest wrote:}{quote}
> Standalone or network version? I can't get license from the XP server with
> Windows 7 64bit clients.

Network version, but with Windows 2003 Server for License Management.

[Anonymous]

Autodesk does not support 2008 on Win 7. Windows Xp64 and Vista 64 work
fine with 2008 SP1. I'm running Windows 64 without ANY issues.. Your
statement below is incorrect.

"If you use Win7 64-bit you have 64-bit. The virtual XP Mode is only
32-bit and has all problems a virtual machine has. Less memory, less
performance with graphic cards and so on...

I don't want to use XP x64, cause it's not the best 64-bit solution. And
my company is in the changover from 32 to 64-bit. so Win7 is tantalizing."
--
Dennis Jeffrey, Autodesk Inventor Certified Expert
Autodesk Manufacturing Implementation Certified Expert.
Instructor/Author/Sr. App Engr. Tel. (260) 399-6615
http://teknigroup.com

[Anonymous]

Please see my post in another thread here:

http://discussion.autodesk.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=750096

Brad Town


rfosinga wrote:
> We have installed Inventor Professional 2009 (network version) on Windows 7 - 64 bits without any problem. One item which is not working, is the Excel connection to edit an Ipart. Can somebody make a test and confirm this isue?
>
> Thx,
>
> Robbert
>
> IV2009 SP3
> Dell Precision 690
> 2.66 Ghz Quadro Xeon
> Nvidia Quadro FX3500
>
> Edited by: rfosinga on Oct 26, 2009 2:46 PM

[PACDrafting]

We are using XP64 and Inventor Pro 2010 without any major issues.

[rfosinga]

Thx, for your response. I have read the other post and will try it next on our Windows 7/ IV2009 Pro machine.

Robbert