Microsoft Windows Update KB2987107 (Critical)

philip.s from the Installation & Licensing forum made an important post about the Internet Explorer Security Update 2987107. Not only does it resolve serious vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, but it also fixes several issues regarding crashes with the Autodesk Standalone Licensing Wizard, as well as AutoCAD Architecture and AutoCAD MEP. Read philip.s‘s post here and the complete details of the security update here.

The security update is deemed Critical for Internet Explorer 6 through 11 on affected Windows clients and Moderate for Internet Explorer 6 through 11 on affected Windows servers. A few of the vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer being addressed are remote code execution, memory corruption, elevation of privilege, information disclosure, and security feature bypass. Be sure to install the update to protect yourself.

Thank you philip.s for sharing this information!

DGNPURGE is Now Part of 2015

How many of you are familiar with a couple of lines in a drawing and the drawing file size being EXTREMELY large?

I know a few of your are familiar with this because I sent you instructions on how to use the DGNPurge hotfix.  However, this hotfix is only for 2012/2013/2014.

It is now incorporated into the PURGE and –PURGE commands; it’s new name is Orphaned Data.

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Fatal Error Upon Opening Program

This recommended solution is for several of the Autodesk “hero” products.

It is in regards to Fatal Error: "Unhandled Access Violation Reading 0x0000 Exception at bcbdad73h"

To test and/or try out the solution, click here.

AutoCAD 2013 Service Pack 2

Autodesk has released a service pack 2 for AutoCAD 2013.  This service pack also applies to the Suites.

You can read about it, and download here.