I think I've read somewhere on the Internet that version 4.2 is not supported on WinXP.
Is this true?
Is this true?
No, that's rubbish. It's only officially supported on 2K and XP. It will run on 98se though, I've tried.
I used 3dsMax 4.2 on Windows XP for quite a while until 5.0 was released and I upgraded. Never had a problem with it.