+1 he really is, so helpful in fact that the first time, i didn't realize he was actually official AD support. :P.
On 1 April 2014 08:44, Doeke Wartena <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah Stephen Blair is awesome! > > > 2014-03-31 23:06 GMT+02:00 Leoung O'Young <[email protected]>: > > + 1 for Stephen Blair, AD should bring him for the remainder 2 years of >> Soft, he goes out of his way to help people, He is what support is all >> about. >> I can't named the number of times he came to the rescue. >> Leoung >> >> On 31/03/2014 4:58 PM, Robert Kjettrup wrote: >> >> thanks all for the comments. >> >> Just a small update on my progress on this. >> >> Stephen Blair mailed me with some help, and as always he is the best >> support AD ever had for Softimage even when he is not working for them :-) >> >> My problem was that the SPM installer didnt install correctly and >> windows 8 was blocking the install of the USD dongle driver. >> Forcing to run the installer as administrator (even when my user is set >> up as a admin already) made the driver to install correctly, and after this >> the License manager did see the USB dongle and i got it to work with the >> key file i already had. >> Then opening Softimage i got contstant crashes just when the UI had >> loaded, every single time. Setting Softimage to always run as administrator >> also fixed this, so now im up and running, hopefully without too many >> unknown issues that i will discover along the way. >> >> ... >> now i just wish i had a newer version with more ICE goodies.... but that >> will never happen now :-/ >> >> - Robert >> >> >> >> 2014-03-28 23:38 GMT+01:00 Cristiano Policarpo < >> [email protected]>: >> >>> We have XSI 7 running on Linux and Windows 7 with dongle license. In >>> windows 7 the dongle is recognized without any driver installation. I >>> believe you need to put your license file in SPM folder. >>> >>> Best, >>> Cristiano >>> >>> Cristiano Policarpo >>> BaloOm Animation Studios >>> www.baloom.co >>> --- >>> PoustEx - CG Animated Short Film >>> www.poustex.com >>> >>> On Mar 28, 2014, at 5:21 PM, Robert Kjettrup <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> I know i am a bit behind on my softimage license, v7.0.1, and from >>> today i even cant upgrade it anymore... well havnt been able to for a long >>> time :-( >>> >>> My more pressing problem though is i want to keep using this fine >>> version, but im moving to a new workstation running windows 8.1, and im >>> having trouble to get my USB ibutton dongle to be seen by the license >>> manager. >>> >>> I have installed the 64bit drivers from here: >>> >>> http://www.maximintegrated.com/products/ibutton/software/tmex/download_drivers.cfm >>> but the license manager just wont see the dongle. >>> >>> I can see on my former workstation that it is also a totally different >>> USB device driver that is installed on that, so maybe it is just the wrong >>> driver i have installed. >>> >>> so... Does any of you here on the list have the driver that was >>> supplied by Avid for the dongle, i just cant find it in between all my >>> softimage installer files. >>> >>> ...or is there some issues with softimage v7 and windows 8? >>> >>> I really dont hope i have to give up this nice software just now, >>> although i only have an aging version, it is still nicer and more fun to >>> use than most other 3d apps. >>> >>> >>> Robert >>> >>> >> >> >
