TOPIC: Installation

While nobody likes getting error messages when installing software, getting one that isn’t that descriptive makes things far worse. Luckily we can rely on installation logs to fill in the missing pieces, though, truth be told, sometimes a little sleuthing is required as well. At the end of the day people are generally happy when a problem is fixed, but often are curious as to why the issue happened to begin with. So while this blog post has an easy answer, the steps to arrive at the answer are worth knowing. (more…)

Autodesk has created a series of videos to help you with installing your Autodesk products. Even though the videos pertain to the Autodesk 2012 Design Suites, the procedures that are discussed can be applied to all 2012-2014 products.  Below, we have an explanation of the steps in the videos to help you further.  (more…)

Autodesk (and Microsol Resources) still support Windows XP installations of Autodesk products.  It’s just not recommended for most of the 2013 applications that require more than 4GB of RAM, which is the limit of a 32-bit OS.

Also, when the flash drive is inserted, there is no guarantee that anything will actually happen…regardless of whether or not ‘Plug & Play’ is enabled.  To that end, you can open Windows Explorer and double-click on the “new” drive.  The drive window will open and you should see a setup.exe file in the root folder…no need to go exploring!  Double-click that file.

The next window will provide you options to Create Deployment, Install Tools & Utilities, or INSTALL.  Assuming you just want to install a standalone version, choose that option.  Then the installer automatically determines what OS is available, and will choose the appropriate version without any user intervention.  The opportunity to choose WHICH applications to install, however, actually happens after you accept the License Agreement, choose License Type, and plug-in your Product Information.  (more…)