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Part of the issue there is I NEVER was able to get the link to 'modify the deployment' - each time I made a change I had to go online and start over from scratch. It was still a massive waste of time as a result of 'fixing a problem' that nobody wanted solved.

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* It DID work initially when I was directing the extra templates to our correct library locations (also write-protected) - but in hindsight I believe I had installed to that directory first, and the next couple of users were able to install because the deployment saw the files had already been installed and didn't try to overwrite them.

But the standard users didn't have write privileges to the new folder so it didn't work*. And then 'fixing' the path to the correct library and template locations with the custom. I was directing all the 14 extra language templates that nobody needs but can't get rid of (don't get me started on that) to a new directory. I think in my instance, it was ultimately a folder permissions issue on our shared server. I was eventually able to get it to work for Revit. Answer: This is an increasing issue with users who are working in a Window 10 OS. So can you please tell me what else I can try to make this work ? uninstall all the MVC redistributables in the farm machines? can you explain why 2020 version silent installation worked but not the 2020.2 one? and yes I did try to uninstall the 2020 one first too. When accessing several commands (Create Profile, Annotate Profile, Survey Fieldbook, etc.), a 'Windows Installer' window appears and states 'Preparing to install.' yet it never installs and the process never finishes.

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In a completely different place you get how to setup the xml file. It's even harder when documentations are a mess. This new maya installation method has wasted almost a week of my work days, and right now I'm doing overtime at home because I'm desperate. it just gets stuck, and when I try to launch it manually on one of the machines, I see that it gets stuck in 'preparing.' (as can be seen in the attached screenshot).

trying to install maya 2020.2 version in the farm machines. This will provide detailed information and if you post a link to it here, someone should be able to advise you on what to try.I have this issue, and it's driving me crazy. Right click on Windows Installer to make sure it's running fine. Click On start In the Start search, type Services.msc and hit Enter. Boot the computer with it and select the option to 'Create BootInfo Summary' and do not try to make any repairs. Method 1: Confirm Windows Installer Service is running.

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I would suggest you download and run the boot repair software from the site below and burn it to a CD. So having unallocated space is the best way to go. If you install any Linux system on a windows formatted partition, it won't work. All you will see of a Linux partition from windows is 'Healthy drive'. You can use GParted which is on the Ubuntu installation medium.

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More info on that at the Ubuntu documentation site below.ĭid you do an md5 checksum on the downloaded iso before putting it on the flash drive? What software did you use to put it on the flash drive? Have you tried booting the flash drive on another computer to see if it boots, eliminating that as the source of the problem.Īs suggested above, leave the formatting for a Linux partition to Linux software. If you have windows installed using UEFI then you must install Ubuntu using UEFI or one or both systems will fail to boot. If you are using GPT partitioning, then you must install windows in UEFI. If you missed out the step to create the root '/' partition you get a warning. This partition can use all of the space, 'Create EXT4 partition', tick the box to format, in the 'Use as' box select '/', click as above then Continue/Install Now'.

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Highlight the free space again and click New. In the next window make one partition about 2Gib in size, In the 'Use as' box select 'Swap', click OK and agree to the prompts and wait while the partition is created. Now if you want you can create the necessary partitions for Ubuntu or you can now close Gparted and clicl on 'Install Ubuntu'Īt the 'How to install' screen select 'Something Else' and in the new window highlight the 'Free space' and click 'New' at the lower left. To do it: Restart your system and press the F11 key repeatedly at startup. If you are unable to log into Windows while your screen displays Preparing to configure Windows, then you should perform a hard system reset to check if it helps. Start 'Gparted' to confirm that you have 'unallocated' space on the hard drive. Option 6: Boot directly from the Advanced Startup Options. When Windows is happy and running okay then reboot the Ubuntu USB into 'Try' mode. Reboot Windows so it can run a 'chkdsk' to check the main -Windows- partition is correct. All you should need to do is shrink a partition and NOT create a 'new simple volume'.