Instalation of Max2015 fails (2014 too)

[Anonymous]

My Instalation of 3dsMAx fails.

Tried auto download, manual download, manager install etc.

Log attached.

Windows 7 enterprize

Intel Xeon X5650 @ 2.67GHz 

Ram 24 gb

64 bit

Nvidia Quadro FX3800

[TravisNave · Accepted solution]

Install	Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x86)	Failed	Installation aborted, Result=1603

 Your product is failing to install because the prerequiste program required by the installer is failing prior to the installation of your Autodesk software.

If the prerequisite program already exists on your computer, it is likely newer than the one the Autodesk installer is attempting to install. Please uninstall the prerequisite program causing the issue and run your installer again.

For more information about this process, please see my KB link here:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Installation-Licensing/Some-Products-Fail-to-Install-Result-1603/td-p/...

If the prerequisite is not already installed and installation still fails, then you may need to make an advanced edit to the setup.ini file to ignore the error. Please make sure you manually install the prerequisite file from Microsoft and then modify the setup.ini file accordingly.

For more information on this process, please see my KB article here:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Installation-Licensing/Install-NET-Framework-Language-Pack-Failed-Inst...

[Anonymous]

It sounds fairly easy and to the point.

I'll try this solutiona as soon as my It people are back from vacations. Thanks and happy Holidays!

[Anonymous]

I had to go through the manual route with a minor hickup - after uninstalling MS visuall C++ 2005 (2 versions) I was unable to re-install it back. so if you need that specific version - do not uninstall it! Use the manual operation and do not forget to reboot.