I am running AutoCAD 2000 in Windows 2000. My crosshairs do not appear in the drawing window (model space) but appear to be working. I have tried changing the color of both the background and crosshairs to no avail.
Have you adjusted the size of the crosshairs? I personally like them at 100% so they stretch the whole way across the screen and up and down.
See if this helps. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BLL/is_12_20/ai_112366581 I have never had that happen to me in all the years I have been using CAD. Please let me know if this helps. If not, I will do some more research for you.
Have you thught about finding a newer version of AutoCAD to eliminate the problems between the two programs?