Please help!!!

I’m trying to find the trial password for 3ds MAX 2008.  I have the installation DVD which I received from a vendor.  When I try t install it, it asks for a password to install the trial.  I click on the link to obtain the password, and it takes me to the Max 2009 page.  The password that page gives me does not work in 2008.

I need to use the 2008 trial to open a set of files for review/pricing for a proposal.  We currently still use version 9.

I’ve called Autodesk support. They told me to call sales.  Sales told me to call support.  Their support e-mail told me call the vendor.  The vendor hasn’t returned my calls yet......arrrgh!

Any help is appreciated.

Chris S.

Chris Stewart
RCMS
Atlanta, GA

there isn’t a trial password
have you tried to download the trial?

There is a password.  It’s asking for one before it will install off the disc.  Like I said, clicking on the like to obtain the needed password takes me to the 2009 site.  The password of “visualize” this it issues for 2009 is not valid for 2008

I have tried to download 2009, but their server keeps timing out before completion.  But what I really need is 2008.

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Chris Stewart
RCMS
Atlanta, GA

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i have never seen that before
they may have sent you the wrong thing because autodesk trials of any of their products don’t require a password of any kind

Maybe you get that with the downloaded trial version (dunno - never installed from a d/l).

I guess the “being sent to a 2009 page” is logical - 2009 is the current and therefore only fully supported version.

Max 4.2 through 2013.
XP-64 (SP2)
NVidia 9800GTX-512 (Driver 266.58).
Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz, 8Gb Ram, DX9.0c.

And I’m trying to d/l 2009, but can’t..... their server times out.  I’ve been trying for 2 days.

Really doesn’t matter at this point.  We’ve had to pass on the opportunity for this job due to not having the current version.

Chris Stewart
RCMS
Atlanta, GA

he said he got it from a vendor

you can call a reseller in your area for a trial dvd

That’s what I’m trying to install from, a 2008 DVD.

I’ll be getting a 2009 disk tomorrow, too late for this job

Chris Stewart
RCMS
Atlanta, GA

thats what i am trying to figure out the trial should not be asking for a password

I’ve never seen that, but that doesn’t mean much… if you know anyone who already has a Max2008 or Max2009 DVD, anytime you install, you can run it as a trial… no password.  So if you do, borrow their DVD and install your trial.  If you do not, you must be getting it through the Vendor or Reseller, they may be setting a password on their distributions.

You probably should not be getting timeouts on the trial download… can you try from a different computer?  The email you got should have a path link to the trial if they still send emails for registering for the trial download… otherwise, just enter your info again.

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