Additional Notes About 3ds Max

Additional Notes About 3ds max® 6

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Installing, Registering, and Authorizing 3ds max 6

• 3ds max 6 displays the Register Today wizard upon startup. Choose "Authorize 3ds max 6" and the wizard guides you through the brief registration and authorization process. You then have 30 days to enter a valid authorization code before the software disables itself on that machine.

• Before a user with Restricted Privileges can run 3ds max 6 under the Windows® operating system, an Administrator must start the program at least once. This generates registry information, which completes the install.

• The installation program needs to be run from the primary CD/DVD drive or the drive with the lowest letter designation.

• SETUP.EXE should be used if you've copied the contents of the CDs to a fixed (local or network) drive. CDSETUP.EXE should be used when running setup from the CD. Using the wrong executable can result in the setup interface not finding all of the installers.

• If you wish to view any of the PDF files during the installation and Acrobat has been installed but never run, it will appear as if the PDF file is not loading. In these instances Acrobat will display a license agreement dialog that can be hidden behind the Demoshield window. Use ALT-TAB to switch to the Acrobat dialog.

• When you uninstall 3ds max 6 your configuration files will remain in the 3dsmax6 folder. These include your custom ui and plugin.ini file, which can contain 3rd-party plugin authorization information. You can reinstall 3ds max 6 to this folder at a later date, and your setting will persist. If you do not want your settings to persist, install into a different folder.

• The Repair feature only supports files that have internal versions (file versioning) with which it can use to track the file. There are file types and partner programs in 3ds max 6 which do not provide this information. If the Repair function does not successfully resolve the issues you are experiencing try uninstalling and then re-installing the feature or partner program.

• Parking the license on another system in order to rebuild the main system will not work as described in the installation guide. In order to successfully retain the license you should do the following:

1. Shut down 3ds max 6 and do not run it again until the end of this process.

2. Copy the C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersApplication DataMacrovisionSafeCastProduct