I downloaded the License Manager and installed it. But it still doesn't work. Nothing shows up on it. When I create a sphere and apply an Ornatrix Hair Mod, it applies okay, but after clicking through the modifier stack a few times the "Please locate the License Server" notice pops up.Here is a screenshot of the situation I have.... Super frustrating!

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Thanks, Marsel . I think I've got it working properly now. I had a trial and error tango with Norton ( Oh, how I hate it!) and found that turning off the stealth port blocking feature seemed to do the trick. I was able to do a full night's work without any connection issues. I will keep my eye on it, though.

Thanks for your help! :)

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Hi Marsel,

It's at it again. I ran the "netstat /a" command, but I don't see port 39373 anywhere. I made some screen shots of the command window, but I'm not sure I should be posting that data here for all to see. If I'm wrong and you need to see them, just let me know.

There are 5 ephere entries under ports 49519 - 49524. All say Established except for 49520 which says Time Wait. There are 14 entries for 127.0.0.1, but none are port 39373. If this is a (Norton) firewall issue, please send instructions for clearing the way to the port needed. I assume you have researched these issues while developing your tech and should have a ready solution.

Thanks!

John Brophy Fine Art

P.S. I stopped and restarted the service and I now see port 39373 in the list. Under Foreign Address it says activate: 49659, and under State it says Time Wait. The License Manager is working and has 2 entries" ephere.plugins.autodesk.max.ornatrix,3 and ephere.plugins.autodesk.max.ornatrix. Nothing has ever shown up in the Current Sessions window and the End Session button has never been active.

But of course, after I just finished typing this, it disconnected again..... Grrrrrr!!!!

So far I like this program (in spite of the constant crashing whenever I hit the Push Away from Mesh button, which is another issue), but my attitude is teeterig on going south if I have to keep fighting this license server nonsense.

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Whenever I start the computer for a new Ornatrix session the License Manager will not see the license server. I click on Refresh and up pops the error message. But when I go to Services it looks like the license server is running in spite of this. I've found that if I stop and then restart the license server the License Manager will then connect properly and Ornatrix will work without interruption. But it seems that the license server stop and restart is necessary each time.

Anyway, here are some screenshots from the netstat /a command...

As for the Push Away from Mesh crashes, there's not that much to tell. Sometimes it will crash Max and sometimes it won't. I don't know what the conditions are yet. If I figure something out I will let you know.

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I hear you. I really hate how it's always in your face and deletes any file it doesn't recognize. My current subscription only has a month or two left and I will be getting a new computer before then. So I'm at the end of using Norton as well... otherwise known as the AOL of AV programs. ;)

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