What's the best operationg system for maya...??

[MaDSheeP]

Well.. First of all.. 4.0 is only officially supported on 2k.. not to say XP is going to run like hell with it.. But that’s what they officially support.. 4.5 supports XP now.. Officially anyway...

and a few tweaks to help XP run well with Maya...

Right click on desktop and change the windows theme to Windows Classic... I had a pain in the arse problem with 4.5 with that new bubbly XP on.. All I had to do was go back to windows classic interface...

Now.. Since you aren't using the extra special XP interface.. Do this to clear up some resources...

Click Start/Programs/Administrative Tools/Services/ and disable the Themes service.. This will clear up a bit of RAM and resources..

if Administrative Tools option isn't there.. Right click on start bar.. Go into settings.. You should see a long list of boxes and descriptions for the start bar... find the one that says 'Show Administrative Tools' or something along those lines...

And finally.. Make sure both Maya 4.0 and XP are both all up to date... also.. Check A|W's website because there are officially supported NVidia drivers and such.. That might be a good thing to try.. ::shrug::

good luck! :)

[MagikShooz]

Hey man i tried that stuff.....didn't work though...i don't have a whole lot runnin on my computer...when maya 4.02's runnin everything else is off....i have 768mb of ddr ram.....a 1.4g amd athalon...and i still can't get those tools to work right....it's gettin me really aggravated...I actually got a copy of Windows 2000 professional but i can't install it over XP and i don't know what to do there.......any other ideas...anyone..help
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[MacRonin]

The best OS for running Maya on...?!?

Why that would be Mac OS X v10.2!

;^p

[m.d.s.]

Hi

some time ago I setup a dual OS system (Windows 98 and Windows 2000). Basicly you need two separate system partitions. But I am not sure how to setup a Windows 2000/XP dual OS system.

MagikShooz why don't you switch to Windows 2000? In my opinion Windows XP hasn't a single advantage.

I am using Windows 2000 SP3 and Maya is running like a charm :)


cu

martin

[MagikShooz]

i tried switching to 2000 but i don't know how...every time i put in the windows2000 disk XP diables the setup for it because it's a downgraded version of windows.....so i don't knwo what to do...i don't want to loose all the stuff i currently have on my computer...help
:shrug: :shrug:

[matty429]

Bust me out some Mental ray renders or some fluid dynamics...or some cloth simulations..or fur simulations on your mac.....

[m.d.s.]

MagikShooz, where is the problem?

Backup all your important stuff (Maya projects, shaders, favorites, EMails ... ) on CD or copy it over to another computer.

After you have done that format your hard disk and install Windows 2000


ciao
martin

[MagikShooz]

the problem is when i try to use the move tool, scale tool, any of those....i can't control the 3 axis' i really have to like move the screen around to be able to crab it....it takes me like forever to move it along x axis or any other axis....i don't understand it....i'd perfer not to format my harddrive...thats really not an option.. help...

:mad: :shrug: :shrug:

[Crode]

i know lots of peeps that are running maya 4.0 with XP including myself and ive never seen that problem before...

before formatting try new video drivers. what video card do you have?

try removing and reinstalling maya...

[Rudity]

You said you have to move in real close to get the move tool thingy..
try hitting + or - on the keyboard......

I doubt thats the problem but we all have missed silly things like that before..

[digital-douche]

I'd say windows 3.1 is the best. but thats my opinion. it has great 3d abilities, like winG.






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[MagikShooz]

problem solved everyone....thanx for you help...it was actually a problem with my graphics card...had to be updated.:bounce: now its all set...thanx guys!!..


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