I'm trying to install H13 but every time setup hangs after execution of gfont.exe. I have to kill this process manually to complete installation. After that I can't run hkey and hcmd - they show no output and there're no any console windows.

What I did:
- unloaded Kaspersky and checked Windows Firewall absence;
- removed all third-party fonts and restored system fonts to defaults;
- updated Nvidia drivers;
- installed latest version of Windows Live and then removed it;
- checked the presence of Wacom devices (none);
- reinstalled all MSVC redistributable packages (2005-2013);
- ran setup under admin and regular user;
- set Google DNS and checked nslookup from command prompt.
Useless. No result.
I can run mcp32 and csh, other binaries don't start.

Process Monitor says that gfont opens different dll's:
C:\Windows\System32\advapi32.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\boost_chrono-vc110-mt-1_51.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\boost_system-vc110-mt-1_51.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\boost_thread-vc110-mt-1_51.dll
C:\Windows\System32\cfgmgr32.dll
C:\Windows\System32\cryptbase.dll
C:\Windows\System32\dbghelp.dll
C:\Windows\System32\dciman32.dll
C:\Windows\System32\ddraw.dll
C:\Windows\System32\devobj.dll
C:\Windows\System32\dnsapi.dll
C:\Windows\System32\dwmapi.dll
C:\Windows\System32\gdi32.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\gfont.exe
C:\Windows\System32\glu32.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\Half.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\hfreetype.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\iconv.dll
C:\Windows\System32\imm32.dll
C:\Windows\System32\IPHLPAPI.DLL
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\jpeg.dll
C:\Windows\System32\kernel32.dll
C:\Windows\System32\KernelBase.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libarray.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libAU.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libBR.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libBV.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libCH.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libCL.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libCMD.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libCVEX.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libDD.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libDEP.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libEXPR.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libFS.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libGA.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libGD.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libGEO.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libGP.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libGU.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libHOM.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libhptex.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libIMG.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libIMG3D.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libLM.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libOP.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libPI.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libPRM.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libPXL.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libPY.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libRE.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libSI.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libSS.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libSYS.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libTAKE.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libTBF.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libTIL.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libtools.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libTS.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libUI.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libUT.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libVEX.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libVM.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\libxml2.dll
C:\Windows\System32\lpk.dll
C:\Windows\System32\mpr.dll
C:\Windows\System32\msctf.dll
C:\Windows\System32\msvcp110.dll
C:\Windows\System32\msvcr110.dll
C:\Windows\System32\msvcrt.dll
C:\Windows\System32\mswsock.dll
C:\Windows\System32\NapiNSP.dll
C:\Windows\System32\nlaapi.dll
C:\Windows\System32\nsi.dll
C:\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll
C:\Windows\System32\ole32.dll
C:\Windows\System32\oleaut32.dll
C:\Windows\System32\opengl32.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\openvdb_sesi.dll
C:\Windows\System32\pnrpnsp.dll
C:\Windows\System32\psapi.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\Ptex.dll
C:\Windows\System32\rpcrt4.dll
C:\Windows\System32\sechost.dll
C:\Windows\System32\setupapi.dll
C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll
C:\Windows\System32\shlwapi.dll
C:\Windows\System32\sspicli.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\tbb.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\tbbmalloc.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\tbbmalloc_proxy.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\tiff.dll
C:\Windows\System32\user32.dll
C:\Windows\System32\usp10.dll
C:\Windows\System32\winmm.dll
C:\Windows\System32\winnsi.dll
C:\Windows\System32\winrnr.dll
C:\Windows\System32\ws2_32.dll
C:\Windows\System32\wsock32.dll
C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.518\bin\zlib1.dll
and starts new thread:
ntoskrnl.exe!KeWaitForMultipleObjects+0xc0a
ntoskrnl.exe!KeAcquireSpinLockAtDpcLevel+0x732
ntoskrnl.exe!KeWaitForSingleObject+0x19f
ntoskrnl.exe!_misaligned_access+0xba4
ntoskrnl.exe!_misaligned_access+0x1821
ntoskrnl.exe!KeAcquireSpinLockAtDpcLevel+0x93d
ntoskrnl.exe!KeWaitForSingleObject+0x19f
ntoskrnl.exe!NtWaitForSingleObject+0xde
ntoskrnl.exe!KeSynchronizeExecution+0x3a23
ntdll.dll!NtWaitForSingleObject+0xa
KernelBase.dll!WaitForSingleObjectEx+0x9c
sechost.dll!NotifyServiceStatusChangeA+0x1359
sechost.dll!NotifyServiceStatusChangeA+0xcb2
sechost.dll!NotifyServiceStatusChangeA+0xbfa
ntdll.dll!KiUserApcDispatcher+0x2b
ntdll.dll!NtDelayExecution+0xa
KernelBase.dll!SleepEx+0xb3
!DnsStatusString+0xf09
!DnsStatusString+0xfa7
!DnsStatusString+0xd63
!DnsQueryExW+0x151
!DnsQueryExW+0xbf
!DnsQueryExW+0x4f
ws2_32.dll!WSALookupServiceNextW+0x149
ws2_32.dll!WSALookupServiceNextW+0x9b
ws2_32.dll!WSALookupServiceNextA+0x7d
ws2_32.dll!WahCreateNotificationHandle+0x5d0
ws2_32.dll!gethostbyname+0xaf
!doSystemInit+0x96
!UT_EnvControl::loadEnvironment+0x33
!UT_EnvControl::doInit+0x116
!UT_EnvControl::UT_EnvControl+0x28
!UT_WritePipe::close+0x25eb4
!initterm+0x1f
!UT_WritePipe::close+0x18553
!UT_WritePipe::close+0x18672
ntdll.dll!TpAllocTimer+0xb08
ntdll.dll!LdrQueryImageFileKeyOption+0x4fa
ntdll.dll!RtlCreateTagHeap+0xa7
ntdll.dll!LdrInitializeThunk+0xe
And then it goes into infinite loop. Something blocks execution of this code.

It's a big mystery because I have no problems with other 2D/3D software installed on my computer.
Anybody familiar with WinDbg? Can someone help me to find the cause of this unsolved problem?

hello
what is your windows?
have you enough disk space when install houdini?
do you test another version of houdini for example 12.5?

NimaNolan
hello
what is your windows?
have you enough disk space when install houdini?
do you test another version of houdini for example 12.5?

hello!
6.1.7601 (Windows7 SP1);
sure;
yes but no luck - gfont.exe hangs.

Here is Exception analysis made in Windows debugger(see attachment):
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: APPLICATION_HANG_HungIn_LoaderLock
PRIMARY_PROBLEM_CLASS: APPLICATION_HANG_HungIn_LoaderLock
LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from 000007fefdbb10dc to 0000000077aa12fa

FOLLOWUP_IP:
libUT!UT_WritePipe::close+18672
000007fe`ecf23322 8bd8 mov ebx,eax

SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 1d
SYMBOL_NAME: libUT!UT_WritePipe::close+18672
FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner
MODULE_NAME: libUT
IMAGE_NAME: libUT.dll
DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 53febb52
STACK_COMMAND: ~0s ; kb
BUCKET_ID: X64_80000007_libUT!UT_WritePipe::close+18672
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: APPLICATION_HANG_HungIn_LoaderLock_80000007_libUT.dll!UT_WritePipe::close

you should contact with support to help you.
support page: http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2044&Itemid=65 [sidefx.com]

NimaNolan
you should contact with support to help you.
support page: http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2044&Itemid=65 [sidefx.com]

That's what I've done three days ago.
They promised me to contact developers but has not yet responded.

Thanks to tech support, they gave me a hint about DNS resolving!
I found that I could not perform “ipconfig /flushdns” in command prompt. I got «Could not flush the DNS Resolver Cache: Function failed during execution» message. The cause of the problem was disabled dnscache service.
After the launch of the service Houdini finally works!

Just curious, is there a reason to turn that service off in the first place?

I don't remember turning it off.
I think that it's done during the installation of Kaspersky for security reasons.
http://www.kaspersky.com/internet-security-center/definitions/dns [kaspersky.com]