Have autocad 2000 running on XP Pro 32bit OS. Wanted to move up to Windows 7 either 32 or 64 bit. Would like to know if this program will run.

Information to help you load and run AutoCAD 2000 on your Windows 7 (64bit) system. I had to upgrade from Windows 7 Home edition to Windows & professional ($90.00) Then I downloded Windows virtual PC and Windows XP Mode (free download). The Windows XP Mode runs in the background (in its own window). I loaded AutoCAD 2000 Architectural Desktop from my software CD.

As I was doing this I had to go to the program compatibility (start-programs-accessories-program compatibility - pick 'from C D drive') I changed the compatibility to windows 98/ me. I was glad to have found this so I don't have to spend $1000 to $5000 to upgrade AitoCAD. Bb 8520 white. Also I have a driver that lets me run my HP 750c+ plotter on Windows 7 - 64bit if you need that. Install either VMware (free version) not their full Workstaion or the Sun Java Virtual Box and create a virtual Hard disk/Operating System with your old OS and load your copy of AutoCAD 2000 into the virtual environment. When set up correctly you can access all the files on your HD from the virtual OS. Only issues are that you have enough PC memory and you set the virtual HD/PC settings to run big software. You may need **2Gb of memory minimum so you can have Windows 7 running and the Virtual OS (Win95,98,Me,2000 or XP) with AutoCAD running within it.

Rifmi k imeni yaroslav maternie. ** checked an old AutoCAD 2000 trial CD and it says 64Mb RAM needed so should be OK with 1Gb of RAM. I recently got a new laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium, 64 bit installed on it, and finally got around to trying to install AutoCAD 2000 on it. Here's what I know. AutoCAD 2000 wouldn't install from the CD, due to some compatibility issues, between the installer and the 64 bit OS. I did some searching and found a thread about the same issue with Vista, where someone said they had just copied the AutoCAD folder and system files, so I gave it a try.

I tried a few different things, and this is what I think it takes. Copy the XP c: Program Files ACAD2000 folder to Win7 c: Program Files (x86) ACAD2000 Copy the files in XP c: Windows System to Win7 c: Windows System I also copied the folder XP c: Program Files Common Files Autodesk Shared to Win7 c: Program Files (x86) Common Files but found that Acad.exe wouldn't run because it couldn't find the.dll files in the Autodesk Shared folder. So, I simply copied all the files in the Autodesk Shared folder into the ACAD2000 folder, where the Acad.exe is, and it worked:>) There are still issues I haven't tried to resolve yet, like some of the commands don't work and are shown as 'unknown', but I am able to start the program and at least do something with it.

I will try to figure out the other problems later, when I have time, and of course I will uninstall the proram from my old computer as soon as I get the new one to work.:>). Thank you very much for your reply. Here is what I have found out after several sessions with both Microsoft and Hewlett Packard.

I am running Windows 7 Premium on my HP computer. Per Microsoft sessions, Windows Home Premium will not run Auto Cad 2000 without complications ( as you mentioned, some things work, some don't ) but by upgrading to Windows Professional, your problems are solved. Providing your computer is up to it. Now per HP sessions, the computer I bought is not set up for office applications. By this I mean anything other than home use such as checking email, internet browsing, playing cards, etc. Apparently Auto Cad 2000 is considered as office software, not home software therefore it still will not run on my computer.

This is 100% my fault for not doing the proper research. Now, here is the good news. According to Microsoft, you can download software called virtual PC ( by the way this is free).

Then download free software called XP Mode. Now this will allow you to run XP on your Windows 7 operating system. But this will only operate with Windows 7 Professional or Windows 7 Ultimate, not Windows 7 Home Premium. The upgrade to the Professional edition it $89.95 from Microsoft. There is a video demonstration on Microsofts web site that will explain how this works and how to install it. All of this information is the result of several sessions with both Microsoft and Hewlett Packard.

The representative from HP ( an American by the way) told me it was not worth the headaches I will encounter without upgrading my computer and Windows 7 Professional. I apologize for taking up so much room and time, but I tried to relay all of the information I have gathered to try to relieve some of the problems for someone else.

I installed ACADLT 2000 on a Win7 Professional 32 bit box. It seems to be working so far except printing. I had a HPLJ HL-1320 attached to an XP SP3 (professional) box.

Acad couldn't see the printer or any of my other networked printers (Win7 drivers aren't installed on the print server (W2003 Server) yet. I tried attaching the HL-1320 to the Win7 box, and ACAD would see the printer, but would give a memory error when I tried to select it.