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Expert: - 7/6/2006


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Hi,

I work in a small office where 3 pc's have AutoCAD 2006 installed.  On 2 of the pc's, everything is working fine.  On the third machine, drawings will open in "read-only" formats only.  This is a new installation, although CAD was installed on it the same way it has been installed on the other pc's.  Is this a problem with this installation?  Or is there something else that might be causing this?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Rob

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Rob:
This sounds like a folder sharing/permissions problem.  If you have the drawing files on a server, add the identical username with the identical password as he/she has on the "client" computer, and make sure the user has all the same rights as the other users on the server.  They will need either "power user" or "administrator" privileges with the ability to change the folder or to share full control of the folder with other users.

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