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4 Go to Windows Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services,
right-click Backburner Server, and choose Start.
If you choose Properties from the right-click menu, you can also set users,
passwords, and other parameters.
5 Repeat these steps on every machine on which you want to set up Server
as a service.
Logging Properties Dialog
Windows Start menu > Programs > Autodesk > Backburner > Manager or Server
> Edit menu > Log Settings
The Logging Properties dialog lets you specify the types of messages that appear
in the list window on the Manager or Server window and those that are sent
to a log file. Each type of log message is explained below.
Log Message Types
Error
Fatal errors that halt a server's rendering of a job. These errors are preceded
by a red "ERR" in the Manager or Server list window, and include the following:
■ Failed Renderings and Frame Errors (caused by missing bitmaps, missing
texture coordinates, invalid output directory, etc.)
■ Manager not found
■ Error registering server(s)
■ Error writing output file
■ Error Starting 3ds Max
■ Loading timeouts
NOTE You can see a more detailed explanation for server failure in the Queue
Monitor's Server list window.
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