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• From the begenning
  • Copy the iso to the local drive (i usually put this in c:\setup)
  • disable any connected network (best to disable the lan/wifi)
  • disable any running antivirus
    • you will need to search/goto windows security
    • under windows security you will need to goto the antivirus tab
    • when main antivirus is disabled, windows falls back on defender
    • you will need to disable all the defender settings
    • please note that defender will reactivate automatically after a while
    • open the iso, rerun the crack, reinstall is not needed.
    • Reboot to reactivate network & main antivirus

• Disable Updates
  • Hosts File Update
    • 127.0.0.1 genuine-software2.autodesk.com
    • 127.0.0.1 ase-cdn-stg.autodesk.com
    • 127.0.0.1 ase.autodesk.com

• Sample HOSTS file

• Registery Patches

  
      From the Search bar in Windows, type in “regedit”
      Browse to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Autodesk/ODIS folder.  If it does not exist, create it.
      Right-click on the folder, and choose New > DWORD (32-bit) Value
      Enter “DisableManualUpdateInstall” for the Name
      Enter 1 for the Data.
  
  
  
  If you use Group Policy in your company, you can distribute this key to multiple users via this process:
  
      Open the Group Policy Management Console, gpmc.msc
      Create a new (or edit an existing) Group Policy Object (GPO) in the Organizational Unit you prefer.
      Expand the User Configuration section > Preferences > Windows Settings > Registry
      Right click on Registry, and select New > Registry Item
      Use these settings:
          Action: Update
          Hive:  HKEY_CURRENT_USER
          Key Path:  Software\Autodesk\ODIS
          Value Name:  DisableManualUpdateInstall
          Value Type:  REG_DWORD
          Value Data:  1 or 2
  
  1 - Access will not start during device startup, and the system tray icon will not be shown. Users may still launch Access from the Start Menu, but when users close Access, it will quit the application and remove the system tray icon again
  
  2 - Access will show available updates, but will not display an Update button. Users will be able to see information about the updates, but cannot install them from Access.
  
  
  Logon Script
  You can include the following command in any CMD-based user logon script you may have configured:
  
  REG ADD HKCU\Software\Autodesk\ODIS /V DisableManualUpdateInstall /D 1 /T REG_DWORD /f
  OR
  REG ADD HKCU\Software\Autodesk\ODIS /V DisableManualUpdateInstall /D 2 /T REG_DWORD /f
  

*AntiVirus

Windows Diable Defender

I think I found out a very good workaround for the POLICY Setting getting reset to "Not Configured" every time you restart Group Policy Editor. 

I had the same problem and guessed out (correctly) that it was MsMpEng.exe 
running in the background that was resetting the policy back to "Not Configured".

So, before making any changes to the policy, head over to Task Manager, 
then to Performance Monitor from the Performance tab. Find MsMpEng.exe in any of the tabs 
in it (mostly on top in Memory or CPU tabs) and click on Suspend Process.

Then make the changes as required in the Group Policy Editor. It won't get reverted back. Please reply if it works, or didn't work. 


Step 2: Navigate to this path – 

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Microsoft Defender Antivirus.

Step 3: Locate the Turn off Microsoft Defender Antivirus policy. Double-click on this policy option to open a new window, check the option of Enabled, and then click Apply > OK to save the change to disable Windows Defender.

1. Press Windows + R and type 'regedit'.
2. Once inside, follow the path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender.
3. In that folder, create a DWORD (32-bit) key. You can do that right-clicking on the Windows Defender folder, and going to New.
4. Set the DWORD title do DisableAntiSpyware.and change its value to 1. 

reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /v "DisableAntiSpyware" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f 

After the program is installed, it may be useful to exclude the following Autodesk folders in antivirus settings:

    C:\Program Files\Autodesk\
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\
    C:\Program Files (x86)\common Files\Autodesk\
    C:\ProgramData\Flexnet\
    C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\
    C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\
    C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Autodesk\
    C:\temp\AutoDeskViewer\
    C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\

    AdskNLM.exe

Errors Issues

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\Anuj Patel\AppData\Local\Temp\Adsk-NLM\delnowmic.ps1:1 char:1
+ (Get-WmiObject Win32_Product -Filter "Name = 'Autodesk Single Sign On ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

Environment:
Windows
Causes:

A clean uninstall may be necessary if:

    You’re trying to upgrade to a new version and keep getting errors.
    You tried to install a product for the first time and installation stopped midway.
    You thought you installed it successfully, but the product won’t start.
    The installation is showing successful but no Vault Server installed.

Solution:

To clean uninstall Autodesk product, try the following steps : 

    Search "Uninstall Tool" on the Windows Start button.
    Open it and select all the Autodesk software to remove them.

Note.  The Uninstall Tool is only available for Autodesk software that is not using the new Installation Experience. If the tool is not available on your system, skip to Step 3. 

    Click Start > type appwiz.cpl > press ENTER. The Control Panel opens. Uninstall all Autodesk software.
    Go to C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AdODIS\V1 and run RemoveODIS.exe to uninstall Autodesk Access. 
    Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared and run AdskLicensing\uninstall.exe to uninstall Autodesk Licensing Desktop Service. 
    Run Microsoft Program Install and Uninstall Troubleshooter to check and remove any residual Autodesk software on the system. For Autodesk Genuine Service, please go to Step 11. 
    Click Start > type %temp% > press ENTER. The Temp folder opens. Remove all folders and files, skip any in use.
    Remove the three files starting with adsk in C:\ProgramData\FLEXnet (Note. One of the three files is hidden).
    Remove the following folders:
        C:\Program Files\Autodesk
        C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared
        C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk
        C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared
        C:\ProgramData\Autodesk (Note: This folder might be hidden)
        %localappdata%\Autodesk (Note: This folder might be hidden)
        %appdata%\Autodesk (Note: This folder might be hidden)
    Open Windows Registry Editor (REGEDIT) and remove the following:
        Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk
        Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Autodesk
    Click Start > type appwiz.cpl > press ENTER. The Control Panel opens. Uninstall Autodesk Genuine Service. 

Note. The Clean Uninstall steps will remove all Autodesk software from your machine and any residual files from any previous installations, Windows registry keys, and license information. Use this procedure only if you need to remove ALL Autodesk software from your system. To uninstall single products, use the Uninstall button in "Programs and Features" in "Control Panel".