AutoCAD 2005 - Unable to insert or reload LZW Compressed TIF images or GIF images
27 September 2004
From the Autodesk Knowledge Base Document for AutoCAD 2005 (http://support.autodesk.com) http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=TS84976:
After installing AutoCAD from a network deployment, you are unable to load LZW Compressed TIF images or GIF images. Opening a drawing with these images already attached does not load the images.
During the installation of the deployment, two DLL files were not copied to the correct location. This behavior is the result.
To resolve this issue, copy the files ielzwdec80.dll and egifrd80.dll to the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared folder.
These files can be found in the network deployment location in this folder: \AdminImage\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared
or on the AutoCAD product CD in the following location: