Hi
I have my locked FX license on a MacPro running Osx. But Houdini 14 on Osx is not very stable so i thought i'd try to install Windows 7 via BootCamp.

The problem is that the Houdini license doesn't work on the Windows side because the machine name is different. The Osx machine name is “bonsak-work.local” and the Windows name is “bonsak-work” I thought i could rename the windows “machine” to “bonsak-work.local” but that's not allowed.

The ip and hardware id are the same in both installs

Have any of you managed to get this to work? Any help appreciated

Cheers
Bonsak

On Linux you can edit the /etc/hosts file to achieve parity of machine names.

Thanks. I think iv'e figured it out using:
WMIC ComputerSystem where Name=“oldName” call Rename Name=“newName”
Only tried this in Parallels on my laptop. Not sure if it'll work because i don't have a license on my laptop, but i managed to get the same License Server code on both installs. Have wait until Monday to try it out with my license at work.

Cheers
Bonsak

This was harder than i thought I can't seem to find a way to change the actual hostname (“Machine Name”) on the PC side to include the “.local” extension. I can change “Full Machine Name” to match but not the actual hostname. It seems that “sethostname” was possible in older versions of Win but it's now handled by the control panel which in turn prevents the use special characters in the machine name.

I even tried to edit the registry (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ComputerName) to bonsak-work.local but that completely #$%&%$$ the whole install so i had to start all over again.

The reason it works in Parallels is probably because the PC install can “see” the license running on bonsak-work.local on the osx side.
Should have thought of that

Any further tips would be highly appreciated.

Cheers
Bonsak

If you figure something out, please share if you can.

I was hoping to get bootcamp set up and going as well, as a mixed operating system Hqueue farm is proving a bit troublesome…

What about going the other way and make OSX not use the .local? You would need to first return your license and then check it out again though and you only have a limited number of times to do that.

I thought about that Edward but i'm not sure if thats going to mess up with all the other stuff we're using on the mac side
And i wouldn't spend one of my return possibilities just to find that it didn't work.

I've pretty much given up trying to get this to work. Have spent way too much time already. Would be awesome if there was an easier way to get this to work though as H14 on osx is not very stable.

Cheers
Bonsak

It would be best if Houdini worked on multiple OS's on the same computer regardless of which OS has been booted up as long as the hardware configuration is not changed. But I don't really know if Houdini licensing system is suitable for it.