This is not a new issue – we've heard about it since Windows 7 officially shipped – but apparently it's new to some people and is still being reported.
The symptom is that you are running AutoCAD (or an AutoCAD vertical) in Windows 7 and you use a command that invokes an AutoCAD file navigation dialog – Open, Save, ImageAttach… take your pick – and your system locks up requiring a hard reset of the computer.
This issue is caused by the default driver that shipped with Windows 7 for the NVIDIA® video card. In our testing, and in cases reported by customers, updating the Windows 7 system to the latest certified driver resolves this problem.
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this info saved our hide today Tom (50 stations misbehaving with NVIDIA drivers on 64-bit win 7 2011 C3D) systems. grateful as always for the time you spend on this resource.
Posted by: dave ea | March 03, 2011 at 09:50 AM
Always happy to help, dave.
Posted by: Tom Stoeckel | March 08, 2011 at 03:54 PM