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Trouble With Installing Inventor 64bit Vista

Sorry if i am beating a dead horse, but is anyone else having trouble installing inventor on vista?

I used the download tool but when its done downloading and i click to install then it just says will not run on on your current OS. then when i go in to change the cabatability mode on the Install inventor program it doesnt give me the option


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Re: Trouble With Installing Inventor 64bit Vista

we have an educational copy of solidworks and a FIRST copy of inventor from firstbase and neither install on a 64bit laptop running vista.

Maybe there is a workaround with the 32bit version?
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Re: Trouble With Installing Inventor 64bit Vista

Based on my experience, a program that specifically checks for 32 vs 64 bit at install, can not be "tricked" using the Compatability settings, as neither Vista or XP gives you a compatability option to mimic a 32 bit version of the OS.
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Re: Trouble With Installing Inventor 64bit Vista

Not sure if it works or not at this point, but on your FIRSTbase download screen, you should see a link as shown within the bold red box below.

I am still in the process of downloading the MASSIVE file (please note that the file is 8,874 mb, about a six hour download for DSL users!

I hope that this is beneficial to you, and I will post again if the download doesn't work!

Firefox users can CLICK HERE for the file download!
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Re: Trouble With Installing Inventor 64bit Vista

WOW!!!! Maybe, I should read more then, Install the Downlo*Click* and then think I will be handed the program.



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Re: Trouble With Installing Inventor 64bit Vista

Just as an update to my earlier post...the link DOES in fact work on the lower half of the FIRSTbase page, but I will warn that it is an 8.7 gb compressed ZIP download, and it takes my system over an hour and a half to extract the whopping 14.5 GIGABYTE FILE! The software is VERY intensive and demanding (they recommend 6gb ram), but if you are relying on FIRSTbase as your only source for Inventor, then this is your only option! But as I said, the download and install is nearly a twelve hour project on 64bit systems, but it works!

Just as a side note...I am running 1.5mb/sec DSL, an Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.20 Ghz, and 4 gb ram on Vista Premium 64bit edition..

But sorry for the delay on my post, and GOOD LUCK!
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Re: Trouble With Installing Inventor 64bit Vista

i was able to get a copy from students.autodesk.com

It runs amazingly smooth.. no glitches/ random crashes so far
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Re: Trouble With Installing Inventor 64bit Vista

I started a thread a few days ago in the Inventor sub-forum. Since somebody cross-linked this thread into mine, I figured I'd return the favor. Click here for the other thread.

I'm on a cable modem and I've had a HECK of a time keeping my cable modem healthy during this MASSIVE download.

During the day, I get around 200 KB/sec, but at night it grows to 1 MB/sec. Problem is, my cable modem would die. I'd monitor my network traffic and when it fell to zero, I'd power-cycle my cable modem and it'd start back up.

If it stayed at zero for too long, it'd cancel the download, so I'd have to keep an eye on it. After 3 failed attempts (with 2 of them reaching over 75% complete), it finally successfully completed last night!

Now I'm extracting it. ... and after 95% I got a "path too long" error for one of the files ... I had to skip it.

It's good to hear that some of you have had smooth installations after what has been (for me at least) a very time consuming download/extraction process.
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Re: Trouble With Installing Inventor 64bit Vista

Thanks you guys are life savers , i've spent hours trolling Autodesk and Firstbase and had given up and installed an old copy of 2007. Downloading now thanks a million.
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Re: Trouble With Installing Inventor 64bit Vista

I think this is my 4th time downloading it, every time i do it shows that the ziped file is only about 5.8Gb file, and when i try to unzip it, It says That the file is empty, and that i have to copy a file to that zipped file.

Are you guys just using the unzipper that comes with vista or another program?
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Re: Trouble With Installing Inventor 64bit Vista

Good Luck!

I'm still having a few issues and am not 100% up and running.

I need to get the team account password to finish the licensing process (I tried to login to Autodesk with my FIRSTbase username and it balked)

Then I don't know where to extract my tutorial files. ... and I never was asked to "install" them, just extract the files. And I can't find a FAQ about where to extract them ...

Then, after manually selecting the project path to my downloaded directory, I didn't like how it put %20's instead of spaces, so I changed them ... and ever since, it won't get past the splash screen. Even after changing them back.

sigh ... I'll probably remove everything (except the HUGE downloaded file) and re-install.
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I need to get the team account password to finish the licensing process (I tried to login to Autodesk with my FIRSTbase username and it balked)
for 64bit you have to create a new login specific to Autodesk.com . Firstbase logins do not work.

I finally got 64 bit Vista up and running ,

The download of the program (8.7GB) takes at least 4 hours
the extraction process (with default vista extraction tool) takes a couple hours
Installation takes almost an hour

32 Bit was much easier and hopefully Autodesk improves the process for 64bit Vista users
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The download of the program (8.7GB) takes at least 4 hours
Wow you must have a fast connection, it takes me 20+ hours to download. i'm on wi-fi tho.
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I think this is my 4th time downloading it, every time i do it shows that the ziped file is only about 5.8Gb file, and when i try to unzip it, It says That the file is empty, and that i have to copy a file to that zipped file.

Are you guys just using the unzipper that comes with vista or another program?
When I download it, it shows up as the full 8.7 or so GB, but when I try to unzip it (I've used 7zip, winrar, default vista unzipper), it says that it's corrupted. I've downloaded it twice, too.
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When I download it, it shows up as the full 8.7 or so GB, but when I try to unzip it (I've used 7zip, winrar, default vista unzipper), it says that it's corrupted. I've downloaded it twice, too.

Yeah when ever i try to unzip it it says that it is just a backup, and i cant unzip it so idk? try autocad or something.
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