update: something i installed recently (not sure what) added a third party install of a program called "sentori"
useless but stephen blair found the callreference to it.. and suggested i uninstall it. boom. fixed. he's still got it!! thanks Stephen!! and thank you everyone that replied... especially eric t... you were so close with your suggestion. todd On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 1:28 PM, todd peleg <[email protected]> wrote: > I am admin on my machine.. so.. thats not an issue. > > > t > > > On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 11:21 AM, wavo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ... after all these suggestions, normaly it should run! >> did you also try/starting soft as an administrator?! >> >> Walter >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 10:20 PM, todd peleg <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi all.. >>> >>> I have a machine that softimage has worked on consistently for YEARS. >>> >>> today... it decided to open up with this error: >>> "Failed to save scene before system failure" >>> >>> then its gone. >>> >>> ive tried a ton of the troubleshooting ive found thru google searches >>> with no success.. >>> >>> can anyone point me to any other options? >>> >>> >>> things ive tried thus far (not in this order): >>> >>> - checked the registry for issues related to jscript and vbscript >>> (nothing found) >>> - uninstalled any newly added software >>> - renamed the user preferences >>> - double checked graphics driver issues by >>> a) editing the layout file to open with the explorer rather than the >>> view manager >>> b) reinstalled an approved graphics driver >>> - installed 2 new clean versions of softimage (2014 and 2014 sp2) >>> - runonce.bat (all all versions) - nothing showed up that i saw >>> - launched xsibatch.. it worked >>> >>> i also tried the process manager... but.. i couldnt find anything >>> outstanding.. though i admit at a certain point.. i got confused..and >>> stopped reading thru it. >>> >>> thanks for anyone that can help. >>> >>> >>> todd >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> *Walter Volbers* >> Senior Animator >> >> *FIFTYEIGHT* 3D >> Animation & Digital Effects GmbH >> >> Kontorhaus Osthafen >> Lindleystraße 12 >> 60314 Frankfurt am Main >> Germany >> >> Telefon +49 (0) 69.48 000 55.50 >> Telefax +49 (0) 69.48 000 55.15 >> >> >> >> *mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]> >> http://www.fiftyeight.com <http://www.fiftyeight.com> * >> >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> ESC*58* >> Eine Kooperation der escape GmbH und der FIFTYEIGHT3D GmbH >> >> >> *http://www.ESC58.de <http://www.ESC58.de> * >> > >

