Knowledge Base Article:
Published date: 2004-07-15
ID: TS85426

Applies only to:
AutoCAD® Electrical 2005
AutoCAD® Mechanical 2005
Autodesk® Mechanical Desktop® 2005

Issue
A problem has been identified when attempting to install an AutoCAD® 2005 based product on a system running SP2 RC2 for Windows® XP. During the installation process, at the point were it says to click Next to start the installation, the installation hangs indefinitely.

Solution
The above three AutoCAD® 2005 based products cannot be installed on systems running SP2 RC2 for Windows® XP. SP2 RC2 must be taken back to the official Microsoft SP1 before proceeding.

Autodesk and Microsoft are working on a resolution.
This does not affect AutoCAD® 2004/2005 just the three above AutoCAD® 2005 based vertical products.

Cheers,
-Shaan