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“Fatal Error attempting to save” in Maya 2009

I am facing a problem when I start Maya 2009. I am getting Fatal Error attempting to save in c:\users\xxxxx\appdata\locals\xxxxx.2010.. I tried reinstalling Maya many times, but it didn't help. ...
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Linux-Mint Maya Mate loses Alt-F1 menu and Alt-F2 run-dialog with Compiz

I like the Linux-Mint 13 Mate Alt-F1 menu and the Alt-F2 run-dialog, but as soon as I installed Compiz those keys became non-functional. Conpiz has a Gnome compaatibility settings panel which ...
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Software to build Houses, Rooms, Architecture [closed]

My main requirement is building houses rooms architecture and some outer scenes lakes ground plants I want to do a course but I am confused, should I go for 3DS Max or Maya? I don't want to ...
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How to export 3DS files from Maya?

How can I export a mesh and textures to 3DS format from Maya 2011?
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MayaBench (rendering) only using 25% CPU; Other software uses 100%

So here's my frustration. I have a Intel 2600K 3.4Ghz OC @ 4.8Ghz ASRock Z68 Extreme 4 Mobo 16GB 1600mhz DDR3 memory. When i run MayaBench for rendering, I get this wierd bumpy shit. while ...
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Maya - rendering without having to select a view first

Maya is a fantastic software, but has one annoying thing: you always have to select a view when you want to render the current frame. Is there a way to make one view permanent for rendering, so every ...
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how to increase RAM allocation for Maya in Mac OSX

Having a bitmap displayed as a blueprint and doing poly modeling gets slow in Maya 2010. Any options to feed it more RAM? Any performance tips?
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For those who are professional artists, do your firms provide you with drawing tablets? [closed]

Or do you have to provide your own? If an employer did offer them, would it increase your desire to work there?
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Help building maya render node spec

I'm looking to build 4x Maya render slaves/nodes for a friend of mine when his project gets green lit. The project involves MentalRay and lots of glass. I'm unsure if the new i7's 9xx or 8xx with ...
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Maya is very slow when working in polygon surfaces mode

I have a fairly powerful system (2.8Ghz Intel Pentium Dual Core, eVGA 8800 GTS Superclocked, 2GB DDR2 Crucial RAM) but when i turn on the mode to render polygons as flat surfaces (by pressing 5) in ...