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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Introduction
- Installing on a Single Computer
- How can I prepare for a successful installation?
- How can I choose the language in which the Installer instructions are presented?
- How do I choose the language for my software?
- Where can I find my serial number and product key?
- What if I've lost my serial number or product key?
- How do I know if I have enough disk space for the installation?
- How do I select a license type? What is the difference between a stand-alone license and a network license?
- What is the purpose of a client log file?
- How do I register and activate my software after I have finished the installation?
- What are the additional products available for installation?
- Where do I customize my installation?
- How can I be sure available service packs are included in my installation?
- What features can I customize?
- Creating a deployment to multiple computers
- How can I prepare to create a successful deployment to multiple computers?
- How can I choose the language in which the Installer instructions are presented?
- What is the purpose of a client log file?
- What is the purpose of a network log file?
- What is an administrative image?
- Where should the administrative image of my deployment be located?
- How will individual users find the deployed administrative image?
- What is 'silent' deployment mode?
- What are the additional products available for installation?
- Where do I customize my installation?
- What features can I customize?
- How do I include Service Packs with my deployment?
- What is the purpose of configuring additional files in a deployment?
- What are the services of the Communication Center?
- What is AutoCAD Exchange?
- How do I modify a deployment configuration?
- Maintaining and Reconfiguring Your Installation
- System Requirements
Chapter 3 Creating a deployment to multiple computers . . . . . . . . . . 11
How can I prepare to create a successful deployment to multiple
computers? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
How can I choose the language in which the Installer instructions
are presented? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
What is the purpose of a client log file? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
What is the purpose of a network log file? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
What is an administrative image? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Where should the administrative image of my deployment be located?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
How will individual users find the deployed administrative image?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
What is 'silent' deployment mode? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
What are the additional products available for installation? . . . . . . 14
Where do I customize my installation? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
What features can I customize? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
How do I include Service Packs with my deployment? . . . . . . . . . . 15
What is the purpose of configuring additional files in a deployment?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
What are the services of the Communication Center? . . . . . . . . . 16
What is AutoCAD Exchange? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
How do I modify a deployment configuration? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Chapter 4 Maintaining and Reconfiguring Your Installation . . . . . . . . 17
How do I add or remove features after installation? . . . . . . . . . . . 17
What if I accidentally delete or alter required files? Can I replace or
repair them? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
After repairing my installation, is it possible to recover my settings?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
How do I uninstall my software? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
What are the tools and utilities available for installation? . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 5 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
AutoCAD LT 2012 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
AutoCAD LT 2012 System Requirements for 32-bit Workstations . .
19
AutoCAD LT 2012 System Requirements for 64-bit Workstations
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