# Max Material editor

**URL:** <https://forums.chaos.com/t/max-material-editor/23684>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [April 8, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/max-material-editor/23684 "2010-04-08T01:38:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Smalerbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Smalerbi](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Smalerbi)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/max-material-editor/23684/1 "2010-04-08T01:38:04Z")

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Hello all,

I was wondering if this as happened to anyone. I just upgraded my OS to XP 64 and installed Max 2010 and this is what the material editor looks like. Before I upgraded the OS, I installed the 32 bit version of Max without vray installed and the material editor appeared normal. At first I thought it was a graphic driver issue and it still may be that. I’m still using the same graphics card but now with a 64bit driver. My card is a NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600. The only plug-in I installed related to the material editor was the color correct plug-in. I installed it when I ran the 32 bit test run of max and there were no problems so I was wondering if Vray somehow could have caused this.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Scott.

 ![Max2010 Material..jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/a/e/ae3059676f95d88206402e0006a25bf0117ccc04.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Smalerbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Smalerbi](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Smalerbi)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/max-material-editor/23684/2 "2010-04-08T02:14:39Z")

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Ok……I found the problem. It seemed when I rebooted my machine, the vray lic. Server was not activated. After re-activating the Lic server, the material editor returned to normal. Every time you turn you machine on, is it required to activate the Lic. Server?

Thanks,

Scott.

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**Author:** ![glorybound](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/glorybound/32/53992_2.png) [@glorybound](https://forums.chaos.com/u/glorybound)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/max-material-editor/23684/3 "2010-04-08T02:37:29Z")

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you can run it as a service. You had that option when you installed it.

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**Author:** ![vlado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/779978/32.png) [@vlado](https://forums.chaos.com/u/vlado)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 5:41am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/max-material-editor/23684/4 "2010-04-08T05:41:00Z")

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You can also register the license server to run automatically from Start menu \> Chaos Group \> V-Ray for 3ds Max \> Licensing \> Administration \> Register the V-Ray license service.

Best regards,  
Vlado

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**Author:** ![percydaman](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/percydaman/32/42214_2.png) [@percydaman](https://forums.chaos.com/u/percydaman)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/max-material-editor/23684/5 "2010-04-08T11:08:18Z")

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or you can put the vrl license server.exe into your startup folder for windows.