Alright, i'll give the command line render a try, and the right click render a try when i get home, i'll post the results.

Edit: Right clicking and clicking render brings up a dos prompt, it says this, and no more.

Starting "C:\Program Files\Alias\Maya6.0\bin\mayabatch.exe"
Maya (R), Version 6.0.1, 200407132209
Copyright 1997-2004 Alias Systems Corp.
All rights reserved.
mental ray for Maya 6

I am going to try to do a command line render.

Edit again: I have read through the tutorials that are on the help page, and i cant figure out how to do a command line render.