I've downloaded and installed Houdini 11.0.469 for Windows 64 bit on my brand new Dell Inspiron N7010 - core i5, 4 GB RAM, Intel HD Graphics Accelerator .. but when start houdini key pops up and when I try to manually enter the apprentice license it hangs.

a) Will my system support Houdini 11 apprentice?
b) If so, then any pointers as to how I might get my houdini up and running?

Cheers!
Fatak

From:
http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=415&Itemid=269 [sidefx.com]

“Integrated Intel graphic cards are not supported”

though you can try your luck with HOUDINI_OGL_SOFTWARE
http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_forum&Itemid=172&page=viewtopic&t=16775 [sidefx.com]
http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_forum&Itemid=172&page=viewtopic&t=16245 [sidefx.com]

Thank you so much rafal! Second time's the charm it seems …. set the HOUDINI_OGL_SOFTWARE environment variable, and houdini is up and running perfectly!