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AutoCAD 2014 Will Not Load

AJ104 — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 01:48:01 GMT

I have recently downloaded and installed autocad on an old windows xp computer and for some reason it will not load. I have waited about 10 hours and it still shows the same loading screen. I've included a picture from my windows 7 pc to show what I mean. Please help.

Thanks,

AJ104

Re: AutoCAD 2014 Will Not Load

Alfred.NESWADBA — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 20:01:34 GMT

Hi,

>> I have recently downloaded and installed autocad on an old windows xp computer

>> and for some reason it will not load

The installer will not load or was the installation finished (without errors?) and AutoCAD didn't start.

When you show the screenshot from another system with another AutoCAD release we don't see where exactly the loader stops.

When you look to the task manager ... what processor load has the ACAD.EXE process or the installer process?

When you look to the task bar ... how many windows has AutoCAD (or the installer) open (e.g. is there a second window asking for activation?)

- alfred -

Re: AutoCAD 2014 Will Not Load

AJ104 — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 21:14:01 GMT

The installation went smoothly, I used a browser download and everything installed properly. When I open AutoCAD it starts and it shows the loading screen for hours and never opens. In the task manager there are applications running, but the processes show acad.exe. It has only one window open when I start it. No there is no second window.

AJ104

Re: AutoCAD 2014 Will Not Load

Alfred.NESWADBA — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 07:39:00 GMT

Hi,

>> but the processes show acad.exe

And the processor load for that process? Is it close to 0% or > 10%?

Try to:

create a new WIndows user with admin permissions
login with that account
unplug/disable network
disable antivirus software
right-click the AutoCAD-icon on the desktop and use option "start as administrator"

Does AutoCAD start then?

- alfred -

Re: AutoCAD 2014 Will Not Load

AJ104 — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 02:33:59 GMT

Thanks for the help, I managed to get it to load after turning the pc off and on a few times and opening and closing AutoCAD multiple times.

AJ104