Dropbox is not running so I don't think that's the issue unfortunately. Interesting about the Service Pack, I checked and I'm still on Service Pack 1. Is this the download for SP3 (Student version)? http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/downloads/caas/downloads/content/autodesk-maya-2014-service-pack-3.html Isn't it…
Yes, I read about that yesterday but I don't have a floppy in My computer or in the device manager either. I removed a virtual disk created by PowerISO but the problem remains. Do you know if the Service Packs are available for Maya's student version?
Maya 2014 is up to service pack 4, so make sure you get that one. The Student Version is technically the full version, but when certain serial numbers are used it goes into student mode. 3ds Max operates the same way. When you don't have a serial number it goes into trial mode.