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NEW! Installation Videos for 2012 Products and Suites

Once again, Tom Stoeckel, Content Manager and AutoCAD guru here at Autodesk has created a video series on best practices for installing your Autodesk 2012 products and suites. Enjoy!

Video: Preparing for Installation of #autodesk 2012 Products & Suits http://autode.sk/h1uwS2

Video: Configuring & Installing #autodesk 2012 Products & Suites http://autode.sk/dV47ow

Video: Activation & post-Installation tasks for #autodesk 2012 Products & Suites http://autode.sk/hIa81d

Map 2011 hang on launch

I occasionally have Map 2011 hang on launch, though it looks accessable. It always takes me a few minutes to remember that sometimes the Commucation Center process (WSCommCtr2.exe) can cause a hang.  I usually just go into Task Manager and stop the process, but if this is a major problem for you, you can turn the process off permanently via the registry.  Just reset

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R18.1\ACAD-9002-409
\InfoCenter\InfoCenterOn
 
to 0, and you should be set (as long as you don't need the Communication Center).

thanks to Darrin at Geospecialling for inspiring this post.