2010

[Anonymous]

My 2010 AutoCAD LT is no longer working

[Anonymous]

ok and?

Activations of 2010 & lower have been stopped on August 31, 2019

[Anonymous]

Why? I used it last month but now it says my license is no longer valid. I purchased the product, not a subscription.

[Anonymous]

Forgive me.  My questions is...any idea how I can get it restarted?  Since it worked recently and I've made no changes to my computer, I'm questioning if AutoCAD has disabled it.

[DarrenP · Accepted solution]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Forgive me.  My questions is...any idea how I can get it restarted?  Since it worked recently and I've made no changes to my computer, I'm questioning if AutoCAD has disabled it.

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yes they disabled it

they have a dedicated forum for this change & provided  info on the change

here: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/previous-version-support/bd-p/6051

you can try getting an activation code from here: ava.autodesk.com no guarantee they will provide one

[steven-g]

Has something changed, maybe a windows update, what version of windows do you use? Autodesk won't disable older licences, but they no longer support and will no longer activate fresh installations of versions 2010 and earlier. So if it was working recently then it still should unless you have some operating system errors. There is a dedicated forum for questions on older versions.

[Anonymous]

Disappointing but thanks.  

[Anonymous]

Windows 10 (ver. 1903).  No recent upgrade other than those done automatically in background.  Forum is voluminous but I'll check it out.  Thanks!  

[steven-g]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Windows 10 (ver. 1903).  No recent upgrade other than those done automatically in background.  Forum is voluminous but I'll check it out.  Thanks!  

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That could be your problem, 2010 LT is a lot older than Win 10 and has never been supported on a Win 10 system, you may well have been just lucky up until now, but it is very possible that a Windows update has stopped AutoCAD LT from working, that's one of the reasons that 2010 and older have become obsolete, you might find some help in that other forum, maybe rolling back the latest update from windows could help, but that brings with it the danger of security issues. Good luck. But it might be time to look at the newer versions with the new subscription.

[pendean · Accepted solution]

If you have Win10 Pro, not home, you can roll back the updates and delay their reinstall for quite some time. This may or may not help.

Read this https://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Windows-10-support-for-A... (not supported means Autodesk will never help you figure out why Win10 broke your old version. Never).

Then read this about 2010 not longer being activated on a new computer https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn-explore/caas/simplecontent/content/previous-ver...

These tips may also help (or may not) http://www.howtogeek.com/228689/how-to-make-old-programs-work-on-windows-10/

Good luck.