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Devilslake1313Devilslake1313 Posts: 142
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Hi all really been awhile and Merry Christmas. I coundnt find a thread relating to this exactly so need to pose the querry. My present desk top is to this day still running Daz 4.6 and works perfectly. But I have just completed building a new very powerful new system, 8 gig graphics, 3 terrabyte harddrive 32 gig ram and so on. Anyway tweaks will come later as I it will be Win 10 and Im still 7. The plan is to put the latest and greatest Daz version on the new one. One pc old one pc new. The question is can I have both machines on the same account linked to the one DIM so that the new machine can access my library ? Thank you all for your time and input.

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  • kenshaw011267kenshaw011267 Posts: 3,805

    If they're on the same network just put the library on one drive and share it with the other. No need for 2 libraries.

  • Pack58Pack58 Posts: 750
    edited December 2019

    Like kenshaw011267 says. In my case I run 4 PCs for rendering/set up all drawing from one library on a fifth machine.

    I use DIM. Had some issues with whatever the newer system is (damn memory) Connect.

    Edit: The issue with Connect was hassles with sharing between  PCs not with Connect itself, I use it on one non-networked machine and it's OK if you don't want to work on textures and save them to the original folder or find anything directly in the Connect folder structure.

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  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,218
    Yes, you can have both computers use the same Daz account and both can access DIM. Only one can be signed into DIM at a time, though. Be careful to set up your DIM settings before you start downloading stuff, so it goes where you want it.
  • Devilslake1313Devilslake1313 Posts: 142

    Thank you very much for your feedback everyone I appreciate that. Have a happy holiday and my best to you and yours.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,085
    edited December 2019

    As a side note...  If you're going to convert to Win10 from Win7 eventually, then consider doing it before Mid-January, 2020 (or whatever the Microsoft cut-off date is for Windows Win7 support)  Officially the Microsoft offer to permit properly activated systems with personal licenses of Win7 (or Win8 or Win8.1) to upgrade for free to the corresponding level of Win10 (i.e. Win7-Home to Win10-Home, or Win7-Pro to Win10-Pro) still works despite being well past its published cut-off date.  There's lots of chatter about it on the Internet.  I did it just a week or so ago.  No problems.yes  I downloaded the official Microsoft "Media Creation Tool" which analyzed my Win7-Pro system, downloaded the appropriate system, created a Win10 installation package on my 16GB thumbdrive (although 8GB is apparently sufficient),  upgraded my Win7-Pro to Win10-Pro, and activated it.  It even kept all my applications and personal data intact with only obsolete hardware or software not being supported.  I didn't even need to type in my old Win7-Pro license key.smiley  Everything's legit.  It's just an unadvertised perk for personal licensees of Win7 (8 or 8.1).  Business and group licensing apparently don't work this way.

    If you can do your upgrade in the next couple of weeks, don't throw away $100 (or more) if you don't have to.enlightened

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  • OstadanOstadan Posts: 1,130

    I built my first Windows PC about a year ago, because Apple and NVidia have decided not to be friends.   I copied all my DAZ assets from my Mac to the PC (had to find a gig-ethernet cable for this), and talked Studio on the PC into seeing all those files properly.  My workflow usually works like this: I run Studio on my Mac, build the scene, render at a low resolution to make sure it is pretty much what I want.  I use a shared folder on the PC to transfer the .duf (and .duf.png) file and any other new assets like texture files to the PC and put them in the appropriate place.  I then render at the desired resolution, make whatever detailed changes are needed and manually synchronize those files back to the Mac.  This sounds cumbersome, but is actually a pretty easy and smooth process.

    When I buy a new DAZ product, I simply run DIM on both computers (but not at the same time; DAZ doesn't like simultaneous logins).  When I buy from Renderosity, I install manually on each host, again using the shared transfer folder to move the Zip files around as needed.

  • Devilslake1313Devilslake1313 Posts: 142

    Thank you once again for your responses . So to be clear I may log into Daz normally on my new system use it as I usally would but just be sure to set the pathway on DIM to the new computers destination so that it is entered in the list ? It sounds quite reasonable . thanks again everyone and happy holidays.

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