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Originally Posted by mithrandir
Barry, why not install an XP VM and run the DOS one there? There should be a version of "Virtual PC" to suit any Win7, and "XP Mode" for the higher end versions. Or VirtualBox. Unless "XP Mode" works you need a valid XP license and SP3.
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I already have the latest version of VMware with a very large XP, Linux , windows 98-2e and DOS 7 installed including Autocad lite for windows. I have also run ACAD11 in the virtual DOS. That is why I need to keep the drawings separate as ACAD2000 loads the DOS dwgs but converts them to the ACAD14 version which does not work in ACAD11.
Note: I do have a program that will convert them back.
As I already had an Autocad2000 instalation disk that I have never used I thought I would like to have it run directly on Win 7 and Win 8. This was the way I was able to do it. Acad2000 is a 32 bit program . The problem is that the supplied setup stub is 16 bit and won't do the installation. You need a 32 bit installer for win 7. However if you already have an installed version in XP you can run that directly in Win 7.
On a clean installation you will get the error messages *.dll is missing. These are already on the distribution disk and you keep adding them 'til the program starts. I think it needs 7 restarts to get them all.
Barry