why it is running

[whori]

Hello,

i got question..

after restarting windows..i started task manager and see that 3dsmax.exe is runing and sucking memory...but i didnot started max.. does this happens to all of you ? or what is this problem ?

[id_ivan]

It's Vray Distribute Rendering. You might have accidentally turn it on on startup?

 

You can turn it off using "DR>Administrative>Remove Spawner on startup" or something like that

Edited December 3, 2008 by id_ivan

[caffa]

No idea why max is running, but nice wallpaper

Edited December 3, 2008 by caffa

[whori]

its too bad but none of your advice helps..

[Thiago de Andrade]

type msconfig in the "run" command line under the start menu. It will open the system configuration utility. Under the "startup" tab you can uncheck max and other programs preventing them to start prior to your comand.

[whori]

I do that all the time and my max works alright. if you uncheck all the box then you will loose the virus and spyware checker

 

i do it all the time also, but now when i end process it starts automatically again

o well nevermind;)

thanks all of you

[AJLynn]

You've got ... something ... lauching Max at boot. Looks like you have a ton of stuff installed so it would be hard to pin it down. What do you have installed that has a distributed render?

 

BTW good use of the strategically placed window. Who's that on your desktop?

[whori]

she is Vikki Blows from one of the calendars for next year. yap and window in this case is like censorship

[Horhe]

Want loads of replies to your thread? Post an image with content similar to yours with and youll get tons so it seems, haha.

[whori]

i didnt mean it it was just my wallpaper

[Horhe]

i didnt mean it it was just my wallpaper

 

Haha, I was kidding, but there is some truth in that.

[whori]

i agree, because we are still chating in this post

[Tommy L]

I think its something to do with the Vray DR running as a service. If you disable this then the Max running in the task manager will close (I think).

[whitetr]

I can't tell you how many times I come into work and my computer is rendering something. For example, we had Thanksgiving day and the day after off, so the schedules for rendering on all computers were changed to allow rendering during work hours on those days...but whoever changed them did not change them back. So, this Thursday, I came in to work and my computer was operating very slow. Turns out, I had an extra 3dsmax.exe running in the background rendering a scene in the queue.

So, if you're hooked up to a render farm, check your schedule! Also remember that even if your computer shows 'unavailable', it might still be working on the last frame submitted to it before going off the farm:)