Legacy PACE Drivers (iLok) crashes and BSOD Windows 10, couldn't install Avid Media Composer v8.x (RESOLVED)

Hey all,

I want to share with you my nightmare experience attempting to install Avid MC 8.5.3 on my new Windows 10 machine, and share the solution I found

I couldn't install Avid MC v8.x on my Windows 10 workstation due to MC forcing me to install an outdated and unsupported PACE Driverst. Every time I would run the Avid MC installer, when it asked for a reboot after the install completed, my computer would not boot back up. It would repeatedly crash on the "dots spinning in a circle" startup screen, turn into "attempting repairs," and then bring me to the boot recovery menu. 

After some experimenting I found the culprit: I began the installation of Avid MC only to where it installs Legacy PACE Drivers, and didn't actually install Avid MC v8.x. It asked me for a reboot and then the same crash sequence happened.

This told me that Legacy PACE Drivers was the cause of the crashing. The problem was that Avid MC v8.x installation was attempting to force the install of the legacy "interlok driver" software (which is the legacy component of PACE License Support) for some reason. I found out that "InterLok Driver Setup Win64" was the culprit of the issue. 

The Avid MC v8.x install would tell me "Avid requires the following software to be installed before proceeding" and lists "PACE License support". 

I finally reached a solution! When MC v8.x prompted the install of PACE License Support (as it always did, even though the newest version already installed), I clicked install, as I was always forced to do in order to continue. But, when Windows 10's action center popped up, asking if I trust the developer and wanted to install the software, I hit DON'T INSTALL. 

The Avid MC v8.x install software did not error out and continued on as normal, allowing me to install MC v8.x! 

Then tested Avid Media Composer 8.5.3 and everything runs as it should.

Thanks to Kevin (http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=411117)

Best,

Thiru

Dell Precision T5810; Windows 10 Pro; Avid Media Composer 8.5.3; NVIDIA QUADRO K2200; Intensity Pro 4K; 16 GB DDR4 RDIMM 

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