The trial of Autocad is free. The program - if after the trial you decide to buy it - is $ 3.999, as http://download.cnet.com/AutoCAD/3000-6677_4-10573933.html mentions. For that amount of money you surely get support from the publisher.
Such expensive software doesn't seem to be for newbies, but for businesses. So maybe ask your IT-guy for help?
Kees
Have read all the 1606 error advice to date and tried just about all fixes. Have XP svc pack 3. Try to load AutoCad. Error message is "Error 1606 Could not access network location SETUP". Everybody else has reported a different error location statement however mine comes up and the last word in the message is SETUP. My registry entries match the user files, removed Recent, tried all the 'free' software fixes - none works. Any ideas? Thanks

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