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Autodesk Inventor 2013 and Windows 8.1 Desktop Preview

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 12:57:19 GMT

Ok I installed 8.1 and I get an error when trying to open AI Pro '13. I have tried all service packs and still no luck. Rolling back to 8. It seems I have to reinstall 8 OS all together. Asking for media content when I try recovery. Word of advice, wait until Autodesk says it's ok to install 8.1 for all compatibility.

Re: Autodesk Inventor 2013 and Windows 8.1 Desktop Preview

sam_m — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 13:13:35 GMT

tbh I didn't think they had officially said Iv2013 was supported on Win8, let alone 8.1...

Re: Autodesk Inventor 2013 and Windows 8.1 Desktop Preview

sam_m — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 13:16:39 GMT

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?id=19048377&linkID=9242018&siteID=123112

^ Inventor 2013, even with a service pack, isn't (yet) on the Win8 compatibility list - you need Iv2014...

Re: Autodesk Inventor 2013 and Windows 8.1 Desktop Preview

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 19:09:54 GMT

Well you can add AIP 2013 to the Win8 list because it works like a charm! It only failed when I installed the Win8.1 Desktop Preview.

Re: Autodesk Inventor 2013 and Windows 8.1 Desktop Preview

sam_m — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 07:43:44 GMT

m8, there's a certain irony in your posts...

first you say "Word of advice, wait until Autodesk says it's ok to install 8.1 for all compatibility" but now you're saying to ignore Autodesk's approved list and use Iv2013 on Windows 8...

Have you used every feature of 2013 with windows 8? maybe you've not stumbled upon the reasons why it's not on the approved list (yet, if ever). Have you tried a load of hardware configs too to ensure stability with both Nvidia and AMD cards/drivers? Perhaps it's recognized that future Win8 patching might bork Iv2013, oh wait, it has... Tbh, I think you should go back to your first comment and leave it to AD to announce when it's safe to move to Win8 with 2013...

Is it wise for a user to state it's good to use Iv2013 with Win8 before Autodesk? what happens if someone reads it, they install Iv2013 throughout their company, on your statement, and then have no end of problems? Should they come to you or AD for support? There's been a topic recently about whether anyone is liable for loss of earnings due to stability issues - surely you're putting yourself in a tricky spot by suggesting to ignore AD's approved list and use your judgement instead?

Bottom line, if you're using Iv2013 then use Win7 (until any future SP adds support, if it happens) and if you want to use Win8 then (at present) you need Iv2014.

Re: Autodesk Inventor 2013 and Windows 8.1 Desktop Preview

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 17:28:57 GMT

Thanks for your input.

Re: Autodesk Inventor 2013 and Windows 8.1 Desktop Preview

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 08:59:55 GMT

http://designandmotion.net/autodesk/windows-81-preview-autodesk-inventor-warning/

...

Hi Scott, I'm the Product Line Manager for Autodesk Inventor so
I thought I'd add a short comment just to let you and your readers know that
we're aware of your post and the issues you mention. We’re currently
investigating what we need to do to support Windows 8.1 and we’ll update you as soon as we have news of our progress.

Regards,

Steve.

...

My test was:

Faulting application name: Inventor.exe, version: 18.0.17000.0

Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 6.3.9431.0

(W8.1 with Update & PDSU 2014 with Update 2 "Clean install on clean HDD")

Re: Autodesk Inventor 2013 and Windows 8.1 Desktop Preview

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 19:25:14 GMT

Autodesk Inventor 2014 don't work over Windows 8.1, or i don't know how i could run in Win 8.1!!!

Re: Autodesk Inventor 2013 and Windows 8.1 Desktop Preview

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 18:20:57 GMT

It's been another 1.5 months since the latest Autodesk update on this issue. Please advise if fix will be ready by official release of 8.1 in October, or sooner (hopefully). Workaround would also be acceptable.

Re: Autodesk Inventor 2013 and Windows 8.1 Desktop Preview

mcgyvr — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 19:13:06 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

It's been another 1.5 months since the latest Autodesk update on this issue. Please advise if fix will be ready by official release of 8.1 in October, or sooner (hopefully). Workaround would also be acceptable.

You will get it when its ready..

Workaround = Stay on Windows 7..

I don't understand why people feel the need to ignore clearly posted system requirements for a piece of software..

Re: Autodesk Inventor 2013 and Windows 8.1 Desktop Preview

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 09:49:08 GMT

"RTM" is here. Let's go. Afteralll, windows 8.1 is still windows 8 , so Inventor "SHOULD" be good to go by now... Ha!

Re: Autodesk Inventor 2013 and Windows 8.1 Desktop Preview

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 07:57:00 GMT

Staying on windows 7, isn't possible once we've upgraded to windows 8.1 we'd lose all our data. Secondly Windows 8.1 is still technically windows 8, it utilizes the same kernel and has most of the features are common, therefore it would not be unreasonable to expect a program that works on windows 8 would work on windows 8.1.

Re: Autodesk Inventor 2013 and Windows 8.1 Desktop Preview

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 14:52:25 GMT

Wait SP1 for 2014 and All OK for Win 8.1, see

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Inventor/Inventor-2014-Error-0xC0000142-on-Windows-8/td-p/4354970

Re: Autodesk Inventor 2013 and Windows 8.1 Desktop Preview

blair — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 16:12:34 GMT

Make a copy/backup of your data. If it's worth doing, it's worth backing up.

Re: Autodesk Inventor 2013 and Windows 8.1 Desktop Preview

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 05:20:24 GMT

http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/Inventor_2014_SP1_Readme_enu_222.html

Summary of Issues Fixed by this Service Pack

Application Functionality

Cannot launch Inventor on Windows 8.1 Preview operating system.

Re: Autodesk Inventor 2013 and Windows 8.1 Desktop Preview

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 06:50:31 GMT

Does this SP also fix the broken Windows File Explorer that resulted from installation of Inventor 2014 on Win 8.1 RTM?

Re: Autodesk Inventor 2013 and Windows 8.1 Desktop Preview

mcgyvr — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:09:14 GMT

I don't get it.. Is god/obama/someone forcing people to move to Windows 8.1 ??

Surely your IT department is not...

"If you want to be a front runner expect to get hit by a car every now and then"

Re: Autodesk Inventor 2013 and Windows 8.1 Desktop Preview

DarrenP — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:33:57 GMT

the RTM verison of the service pack is out for Inventor 2014

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=22322619&linkID=9242019&CMP=OTC-RSSSUP01

Re: Autodesk Inventor 2013 and Windows 8.1 Desktop Preview

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 08:55:31 GMT

so, why is inventor 2012 on win8.1?

Re: Autodesk Inventor 2013 and Windows 8.1 Desktop Preview

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:29:08 GMT

So have any of you installed 8.1 and are using IV Pro '13? Is it working ok?