Hi all,
I started using Inventor 2011 recently and I'm experiencing the same problems. My Inventor is crashing very often, about once per hour.
I'm using Windows XP 32-bit.
I've got the same problem on another computer with the exact same specs. I've asked my collegues which are using Windows 7 64-bit and they say that their Inventor doesn't crash at all.
Previous versions of Inventor on my computer were rock solid, especially Inventor 2009.
I don't have any background programs running, I just use Inventor for work. So I think that it must be the 32-bit program that is unstable.
I'll post later with my computers hardware specs.
@Anonymous wrote:So I think that it must be the 32-bit program that is unstable.
I haven't noticed any particular difference on my 32-bit machine?
I did have more crashes after running 2010 and 2011 as needed. Then reformatted my HDD (probably had been 2 years since purchase) and all was well on re-install of 2011.
I'd be careful with the defragging these days:
I say this because, i was reading some of the gumpf that came with the Intel solid state hard drive, it specifically says do not defrag because it will decrease the life of the drive. You have to use the TRIM tools that come in the intel SSD toolbox.
OCZ drives may well be the same but using their respective tools
Scott Moyse
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Hi All,
This sounds quite familiar. We are using XP pro 32. And we are also having multiple crashes, and hard to define errors. However, I now can crash Inventor 2011 at will, manipulating a medium size assembly in “shaded with hidden lines”. I am in the process of testing Inventor 2011 on a mediocre laptop with Windows 7 64, and a fairly decent but old desktop with Vista 32. I cannot get Inventor 2011 to crash on either one. I have also been working with a tech at our Autodesk vendor. We have come to the conclusion the problem is XP (and yes, it’s a new install of XP). Our XP machines are new Dell 6400 Covet models. Neither the Vista nor Win 7 machines are near the specs of the new Dells. Yet, only the Dells running XP are crashing. We are coming to the conclusion Inventor 2011 is really not meant to run on a 10 year old operating system.
Please comment if you have had a similar experience, or further insight.