Autodesk Inventor

[#1]

i installed bootcamp on my mac to run inventor2011 unders win7. now i bought parallels desktop 6. but when i open inventor 2011 it says that there is something broke with my activation and that i have 7 days left or to repair. when i do repair and enter the activation again all seems ok. bu then inventor will not start anymore. also underbootcamp it not works anymore. i unstalled the whole application and installed it again under bootcamp. but as soon as i do the same starting inventor 2011 under parallels i get the same problem and again now inventor willnot start again... it is now 3.39 in the morning and i getting pritty tired of this siatuation... what is wrong and how do i solve this!

thanks

[#2]

Did you turn off antivirus, set the Windows UAC to lowest setting and install with administrative priveledges? If not, uninstall and reinstall with these guidelines:

http://teknigroup.com/support/InstallAdsksoftware.htm

[#3]

i did, no antivirus, no uac etc.....

i really would like some help why under parallells my activation gets ***-up

[#4]

Check the Autodesk website for any Hot-fixes. Also install SP1 as well.

[#5]

does anyone actually has inventor on a mac running it with parallels/vmware and bootcamp all the time.. it seems i can only do one of them. as soon as i switch it needs repair and when re-enter the activation code it works in the environment where i put to code. as soon as i go to the other environment it does not start up any more and also then switch back to the environment where i putted the code, also not anymore... this is vice versa, it does no matter where, bootcamp or vmware/parallels i re-activate again (repair)

[#6]

http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/autodesk_inventor_on_the_macintosh_faq_041410.pdf

[#7]

while there is nothing in that pfd that would help. i am running macbook pro i5 with 8gb so i have all the specs. i do remember tough, that a long time i saw autodesk mentioning this part of activation and what to do with it, but can not find it anywhere anymore. also i looked on this forum about this issue, and a lot! of people have the same problem. and it seems ,as they also say, it is : running inventor or in bootcamp exclusively or run it in parallel/vmware exclusively. how can autodesk say that they support mac on bootcamp and parallels since it does not seem through for the full 100%, only exclusively for the one or the other environment..

[#8]

I think the problem is when changing from Boot-Camp to Parrells. One or the other and not switch back and forth.

[#9]

I'm running Inventor on an iMac through VMWare Fusion with Win 7 (although with Office apps).  The magic (touch context) mouse is a bit of a pain but otherwise the setup is fine.  I added some extra RAM.  I could not get a SpaceExplore (3DConnexion product) to work.  Didn't even try BootCamp.  I did try Parallels first.  I don't remember the specifics as to why I quit that approach but it didn't take me long to make the decision after getting everything set up.

[#10]

I highly recommend Bootcamp - It is just like running a windows PC...