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  1. RodYoung1

    I-Deas 8 XP installation

    I've already tried using -dx3d in the command file. It still says "you are running Ideas using the Open GL driver". Hmmm... ps. I was a Unix sysadmin for 6 years. ;) Thanks for taking the time to try to help :)
  2. RodYoung1

    I-Deas 8 XP installation

    Ed, No security issues that I know of could do that. I've tried disabling my firewalls. No clues in the license logs. I seem unable to run in X3D, no matter what I do, it trys to run OGL... This could be it... There is an env variable set to use software OGL, which I have tried unsetting as...
  3. RodYoung1

    I-Deas 8 XP installation

    It's a fresh install on a new machine. No Exceed. I've resolved the My Documents issue. Single display device. This has become a personal challenge!
  4. RodYoung1

    I-Deas 8 XP installation

    hinterneder, Thanks for trying, The error files just contain the ^C command which is presumably written when I close the command window. No other logs or owt, except the .STOP files as usual. XP running in W2k mode. Rebooting etc. makes no difference. When it is supposed to be running, the...
  5. RodYoung1

    I-Deas 8 XP installation

    feadude, I don't think it's really feasible to go through every step of the install with you here, it's just too complex. The param file is called ideas_param10 (10 being the release number). The file is a text file, edit it with notepad, look for entries that read like this...
  6. RodYoung1

    I-Deas 8 XP installation

    Yes, i've tried it with NT and 2k compatibility, no difference. feadude, I had the same problem initially, but I overcame this by moving the home directory locations in the param file.
  7. RodYoung1

    I-Deas 8 XP installation

    Hi, i've recently installed the above on XP and despite spending many years as an Ideas sys admin, I can't get over this problem: The application fails to start. The command prompt stops at "You are running Ideas with the OGL driver" as I would expect but nothing happens after that...

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