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okay, this is my last input, I promise. More stuff just keeps popping into my head, unfortunately, mine works slower than most. I many cases there is free/open-source software that is as good or better than the corresponding commercial programs, for example; OpenOffice (free) vs MS Office Pro (~$500). OpenOffice actually has more features than the MS package, and can be set up to automatically handle ALL MS document types. However, if you've been watching the news lately... MS made some very

Reply to How do I get 3DS MAX? in Customization Software WinCustomize Forums

I forgot to mention, POV-Ray is free, and has been around for many years. This is serious software, they have an awesome website - "www.povray.com" There is also a lot of free 3rd party software supporting/enhancing POV-Ray such as a beefed up version called "MegaPOV" (<- highly recommended), and for molecular rendering, there's "MOL-POV". Many more.

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I had the same "XP won't shut my computer down" problem, removed some software I wasn't using (misc P2P crap plus a few others) and the problem went away, it shut down when I told it to, and quickly. As far as the 3DS-Max inquiry goes, unless you're a pro designing graphics for big time media, you don't need or want this expensive software. And running stolen versions of Autodesk software will get you caught and in trouble (the software will try to quietly talk thru your firewall to connect to