Hi guys,
 
I have recently purchased a new laptop with windows 7. it has a 64bit operating system. This is all well and good until i found that i could not install autoCAD 2008 or 09. i use cad every day of the week!!!!
 
I have used XP all along and heard of Vista not being able to run CAD but i was assured that windows 7 would pose no such problems.
 
Is there anyone out there that could offer me some advise on how to work around this problem?
 
Thanks

Lots of discussion here, try the CAD tips first.
 
Welcome to the forums!
 
Also look in the tips, Tip #7066.
 
Good luck.  Tankman2010-01-16 20:35:32

Mike, there are two things - AutoCAD Win7 compatibility and AutoCAD 64-bit version.
 
Both AutoCAD 2008 and 2009 are available as native 64-bit applications (see your installation media). Only AutoCAD 2010 is officially supported in the new Windows 7 (older versions were released before Win7 was available), but you should be able to install and use AutoCAD 2009 (64-bit) in Windows 7 64-bit.
 
The Tip 7044 can help you further.

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