Error on startup after install of R11

[Anonymous]

I've installed Inventor R11 on a WIN2000 server. The install went fine. When I start Inventor, I get a dialog box that says:
The procedure entry point DdEntry1 could not be located in the dynamic link library GDI32.dll.
I get this message after the installation of the unpatched original R11 and after the installation of SP1 & SP2.
Just to make sure it wasn't a corrupted file, I have also replace the GDI32.dll with one off a machine with an Inventor that works.

Any ideas?

Steve

[Anonymous]

Steve,
You may need to install Direct3D component on your machine.
Locate "DXSETUP.exe" in our product media (DVD/CD) under
acadfeui\Inventor\support\DirectX folder and run it with an admin account.
Hope this helps,
-Sami KOZONO
Autodesk Inventor Modeling QA

[Anonymous]

I think that you will find that Win2000 Server is not on the list of
supported operating systems for IV11, Vault5 is support on Win2000 Server,
but not IV11.
wrote in message news:5468732@discussion.autodesk.com...
I've installed Inventor R11 on a WIN2000 server. The install went fine.
When I start Inventor, I get a dialog box that says:
The procedure entry point DdEntry1 could not be located in the dynamic link
library GDI32.dll.
I get this message after the installation of the unpatched original R11 and
after the installation of SP1 & SP2.
Just to make sure it wasn't a corrupted file, I have also replace the
GDI32.dll with one off a machine with an Inventor that works.

Any ideas?

Steve

[Anonymous]

I installed the Direct3D and re-installed DirectX. Still the same error.

Any other ideas?

[Anonymous]

Check list of supported OS systems on ADSK web site.
Autodesk Inventor 11 Products
The following recommendations apply to Autodesk® InventorT software.

Recommended System Requirements

Includes Autodesk Vault client

Part & assembly design (less than 1,000 parts):

a.. Intel® Pentium® 4, XeonT, or AMD AthlonT, 2GHz or better processor
b.. 3.5+ GB free hard drive space (for installation)
c.. 1+ GB RAM
d.. 128+ MB DirectX or OpenGL Capable graphics card
Large assembly design (more than 1,000 parts):

a.. Intel® Pentium® 4, XeonT, or AMD OpteronT, 3GHz or better processor
b.. 3.5+ GB free hard drive space (for installation)
c.. 3+ GB RAM
d.. 128+ MB DirectX or OpenGL Capable, Workstation Class graphics card
Supported Operating Systems

a.. Windows® 2000 Professional SP4
b.. Windows® XP Professional SP1, SP2
c.. Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition (1)
Other Requirements

a.. DVD-ROM drive. Autodesk Inventor software is shipped in DVD format
only. Upon receipt of the product, if you would like CD format, please fill
out the business reply card and send back to Autodesk for fulfillment.
b.. Please refer to the Autodesk published graphics card recommendations
at http://www.autodesk.com/inventor-graphic-cards.
c.. Internet connection for web downloads and Subscription Aware access
d.. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 or later
e.. Microsoft Excel 2000 or later for iComponents, thread customization
and spread sheet driven designs
f.. NetMeeting® 3.01 or later for web-collaboration
g.. Autodesk recommends settings which allow Microsoft Windows to manage
virtual memory, as needed. There should always be at least twice as much
free hard disk space as system memory.
Note: The preceding requirements are recommended for effective use of
Autodesk Inventor 11 software. The following minimum system requirements for
Autodesk Inventor 11 can be used for educational purposes or small assembly
design: Intel Pentium®. Xeon®, or AMD AthlonT with 512MB RAM and 850MB
available hard disk space for Autodesk Inventor 11 and an additional 700MB
available hard disk space for Autodesk Inventor Professional 11.
Installation of the Content Center requires an additional 1.5+GB of hard
disk space and can be installed on a local workstation or centralized on a
server location for access by multiple users.


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Autodesk Data Management Server
The following recommendations apply to Autodesk® Data Management Server
software. These requirements are in addition to any system requirements for
individual applications.

Recommended System Requirements

a.. Pentium 4, Xeon, or AMD Athlon, 2GHz or better processor
b.. 60 GB free hard drive space
c.. 1+ GB RAM
Preferred System Requirements

a.. Pentium 4, Xeon, or AMD Athlon, 3GHz or better processor
b.. 120+ GB or more free hard drive space and backup storage
c.. 2+ GB RAM
Supported Operating Systems

a.. Windows® 2000 Professional SP4 (2)
b.. Windows® XP Professional SP1, SP2 (2)
c.. Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition (1)
d.. Windows® Server 2000 SP4
e.. Windows® Server 2003 SP1, SP2
Supported Databases

a.. Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Desktop Edition, MSDE (SP3a, SP4)
b.. Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Standard Edition (SP3a, SP4)
c.. Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Enterprise Edition (SP3a, SP4)
d.. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express
e.. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Workgroup
f.. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard
g.. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise



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(1) Autodesk Inventor 11 and Vault 5 software are supported to run as 32-bit
applications on 64-bit extended systems (Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
operating system running on Intel EM64T or AMD64 family of processors).
AutoCAD Mechanical 2007 and Mechanical Desktop 2007 are not supported on
64-bit extended systems.

(2) Autodesk Data Management Server will support 10 simultaneous vault
clients with the MSDE database included with Vault. Additional users can be
supported using Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (Standard or Enterprise Edition),
or Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (Workgroup, Standard, or Enterprise Edition).
In order to use these other SQL Versions, you must purchase this software
separately from Microsoft or a Microsoft reseller.

Note: The Autodesk Vault client and the Autodesk Inventor application must
use the same language. Autodesk manufacturing applications and Autodesk
Vault clients of the same language may run on operating systems with a
different language.


wrote in message news:5469272@discussion.autodesk.com...
I installed the Direct3D and re-installed DirectX. Still the same error.

Any other ideas?

[Anonymous]

Thanks, Blair. I heard you the first time but this was important to get working so I contacted AutoDesk support and here is what they had to say:
"Inventor 11 is supported on Windows 2000 but it does require SP4."
Apparently, they do not differentiate so much between Win2K and Win2K server.

Unfortunately, my system already had SP4. After some searching, here is what I found and what I did to fix it. Inventor 11 works fine now on Windows 2000 Server.
I hope this helps someone else.

It turns out, it is not GDI32.dll, it is a dll that calls it. The culprit is d3d8thk.dll, on the DirectX 9.0 redistribution. There are two of these files, d3d8thk.dll and d3d8thk.w2k.Replace your current copy of this file with the d3d8thk.w2k version, changing the .w2k to .dll.

If you can't find the d3d8thk.w2k file on your system, look in the dxnt.cabfile in DirectX distribution on the Inventor media. I extracted it and replaced the existing one. You may have to do it in winnt\system and winnt\system32.

Cheers.

[Anonymous]

Glad ADSK got you going, most server OS's stay in the backroom.
wrote in message news:5470264@discussion.autodesk.com...
Thanks, Blair. I heard you the first time but this was important to get
working so I contacted AutoDesk support and here is what they had to say:
"Inventor 11 is supported on Windows 2000 but it does require SP4."
Apparently, they do not differentiate so much between Win2K and Win2K
server.

Unfortunately, my system already had SP4. After some searching, here is
what I found and what I did to fix it. Inventor 11 works fine now on
Windows 2000 Server.
I hope this helps someone else.

It turns out, it is not GDI32.dll, it is a dll that calls it. The culprit
is d3d8thk.dll, on the DirectX 9.0 redistribution. There are two of these
files, d3d8thk.dll and d3d8thk.w2k.Replace your current copy of this file
with the d3d8thk.w2k version, changing the .w2k to .dll.

If you can't find the d3d8thk.w2k file on your system, look in the
dxnt.cabfile in DirectX distribution on the Inventor media. I extracted it
and replaced the existing one. You may have to do it in winnt\system and
winnt\system32.

Cheers.