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[E. Tulchin]

Hello out there XSI people .

My machine just literally blew up because of an electrical surge. 

Does anyone have a decent machine for sale with XSI on it? I am in the New York City area .

Thank you

Gene Tulchin

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NEWLY UPDATED:  8/2023

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Matt Lind <spey...@hotmail.com>: Jul 09 05:19AM -0700 If you have all the pieces/parts, then installation should work normally.  My understanding is installations won't be possible if you need to request a license key or other dependency as Autodesk no longer processes those requests....which should be illegal if they issued a 'permanent' license.   Windows 10 is only discontinued for new development starting in October.  The OS will continue to function for years to come. Customers can buy extended support for at least a few years as not everybody can drop Windows 10 and migrate to something else in the short term.  the first extra year is pretty cheap, but goes up very quickly with each successive year.  Softimage does work on Windows 11, but you'll need to futz with a bunch of settings in Windows for legacy feature support here or there.  If you don't like that idea, you can run Windows 10 in a virtual machine and install Softimage there and not have to worry about EOL.   Matt

Stephen Blair <stephe...@gmail.com>: Jul 09 12:53PM -0400 In theory you can activate a standalone license online.   https://www.autodesk.com/ca-en/support/account/manage/versions/support-lifecycle   *Autodesk no longer supports offline activation for 2021 products and earlier.* If you have a perpetual license, activate your software by going online only once. After you activate online, you can continue to use 2021 software and earlier offline. This change doesn't apply to previous versions that you already activated offline; you can continue to use them as before.   I think "offline" was when you send a request code to a person, who then generated an activation code and sent it back.   Let me know if you have problems.   Funny, Softimage wouldn't run on my Windows 10 machine, but so far it's fine on my new Windows 11 machine.     Stephen

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