I find I don’t really use mental rays satellite capability, and wanted to get rid of it so I don’t have useless processes running.  Where can I disable this from.  I checked all the usual places.

I’d check Autodesk’s website.  I don’t know the actual address but search for “how to set up a basic render farm.” Look in the “Autodesk 3ds Max Services & Support.” The satellite option usually runs as a service, so it has to be deleted from the system resgistry on your computer.

If you’re talking about disabling the Service from running whenever you restart the machine, that setting is inside a file located in :

“C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc” in a file called Services.  Right click the file and open with Wordpad or Notepad.

To disable the service, add a # sign in front of the line, with a space or two after the #.

Restart the computer and it should be diaabled.  MI_RAYSAT_ is the prefix, version number should be at the end.... within the file.

Maneswar Cheemalapati [FA]

Ah its a service.  There’s actually a better way to turn off services.  Just right click your computer and goto manage.  Was able to disable it from there.  Thanks.

Yes, your way disabled it (but it still shows in the services panel, my way removed it,it no longer shows in the Services panel. :)

Maneswar Cheemalapati [FA]