Finding the Office Product Key

 

Step 1. Type CMD in the search box, right-click it, and choose Run as administrator.

Step 2. Check your Office version and type the following command lines.

Take Office 2013 as an example:

32-bit Office and 32-bit Windows: cscript "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\OSPP.VBS" /dstatus

32-bit Office and 64-bit Windows: cscript "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15\OSPP.VBS" /dstatus

64-bit Office and 64-bit Windows: cscript "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\OSPP.VBS" /dstatus

Step 3. Press Enter and check the Office product key.

AutoCAD freezes or stalls when you turn Ortho mode on, possibly by pressing the F8 key.

 

Issue
AutoCAD freezes or stalls when you turn Ortho mode on, possibly by pressing the F8 key.


Cause
This issue seems to be resulting from a Windows 10 update.


Solution
You can resolve this issue easily with a quick toggle of the Temp Overrides system variable.

Type "TempOverrides" in the Command line, and press Enter.

When prompted to enter a value, type 0 and press Enter. You should now be able to turn Ortho mode on without freezing AutoCAD.