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Did you updated your video card driver when you installed 2008?<br />
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If not, see this:<br />
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<a href="http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/hc?siteID=123112&id=6711853&linkID=9240618" rel="ugc">http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/hc?siteID=123112&id=6711853&linkID=9240618</a>
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Did you updated your video card driver when you installed 2008?

If not, see this:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/hc?siteID=123112&id=6711853&linkID=9240618 [http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/hc?siteID=123112&id=6711853&linkID=9240618]

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Yes I updated the video card. &nbsp;I set the configuration to hardware acceleration also.
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Yes I updated the video card.  I set the configuration to hardware acceleration also.

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I think you are right here. &nbsp;There was a previous version on the PC. &nbsp;I did an uninstall, but I never went removed anything from the registry. &nbsp;I think I'll install a fresh copy and will go from there. &nbsp;I think you are right. Thanks for your help.
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I think you are right here.  There was a previous version on the PC.  I did an uninstall, but I never went removed anything from the registry.  I think I'll install a fresh copy and will go from there.  I think you are right. Thanks for your help.

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I hope it works!<br />
In any cases, if you could come back to this thread and post the results successful or not, i would appreciate, as this will be PAQ'ed for future reference.
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I hope it works!
In any cases, if you could come back to this thread and post the results successful or not, i would appreciate, as this will be PAQ'ed for future reference.

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When I open up AutoCAD 2008 I receive the following error:<br />
FATAL ERROR: Unhandled Access Violation Reading 0x0034 Exception at 7c901010h<br />
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This is running on XP Pro. &nbsp;I installed this application as the local administrator, set the permission to modify for the user and this is the error we receive. &nbsp;Any help would be much appreciated. &nbsp;Thanks!
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When I open up AutoCAD 2008 I receive the following error:
FATAL ERROR: Unhandled Access Violation Reading 0x0034 Exception at 7c901010h

This is running on XP Pro.  I installed this application as the local administrator, set the permission to modify for the user and this is the error we receive.  Any help would be much appreciated.  Thanks!

FATAL ERROR opening AutuCAD 2008

Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computer systems to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design. CAD output is often in the form of electronic files for print, machining, or other manufacturing operations. CAD software for mechanical design uses either vector-based graphics to depict the objects of traditional drafting, or may also produce raster graphics showing the overall appearance of designed objects. As in the manual drafting of technical and engineering drawings, the output of CAD must convey information, such as materials, processes, dimensions, and tolerances, according to application-specific conventions.