1. First Create a directory on the c: drive (even if you install maya on different drive) called FLEXLM
2. Copy the aw.dat and awkeygen.exe file to this directory.
3. Install Maya
4. Goto start-->all programs-->Autodesk-->common utilities-->FlexLM license utilities
5. Under system settings copy Ethernet address
6. Open the file (from the directory FLEXLM) aw.dat with Wordpad and replace the words "your host"
with the copied Ethernet address. Save and close wordpad
7. Using the run utility and type: awkeygen.exe aw.dat
8. Goto start-->all programs-->Autodesk-->Maya 2008-->Licensing select "I would like to install license from a file"
9. Browse to the path of the file aw.dat
10. Click install
11. Restart computer LINUX: ------ Start at Step 3. Your license (default) dir is
/var/flexlm so copy the generated aw.dat (you did that on a windows machine in dos)
into that directory. OSX: --- Your license (default) dir is /var/flexlm so copy the
generated aw.dat (you did that on a windows machine in dos) into that directory.