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 Notice to Autodesk Inventor Customers
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In a continuing effort to provide high quality products, Autodesk has released Hotfix TS1083646 which addresses an issue for Vista customers where Inventor becomes unstable after the EDM
add-in is loaded. This README file highlights how to install, and other important information regarding this update. 


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CONTENTS
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- Description of the issue
- System Requirements
- Warnings
- Installation Instructions


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Description of the issues:
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Hotfix - Vista: Inventor crash on Inventor.Application.Quit when EDM add-in loaded.
 

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System Requirements:
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-Autodesk® Inventor™ Suite 2008
-Autodesk® Inventor™ Professional 2008


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Warnings:
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This hotfix should only be applied to systems directly affected by the issue described above. This is the only 
issue for which this hotfix has been created to address.  


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Installation Instructions:
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IMPORTANT! This hotfix is only applicable to Inventor 2008 Service Pack 2. If you do not have Service Pack 2 installed for Inventor 2008 please download and install that before installing this hotfix.

1. Download Hotfix TS1083646.msp for Inventor 2008 Service Pack 2.
2. Double click on TS1083646.msp to install this hotfix on each system running Autodesk Inventor 2008.
3. Chose Next to begin the install.
4. Once finished you'll receive the "Autodesk Inventor 2008 update" dialog box stating that the update has been successfully applied.
5. Click Finish to complete the install and exit the dialog. 


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We want to thank all our customers who identified this issue and reported it to us. It's these reports that give us the opportunity to improve the product and provide 
you, our customers, with the best solution in Mechanical design. Autodesk would also like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued business and for the
feedback regarding the content of this update release.

Thank you! 

Respectfully,

Autodesk Mechanical Team