Sounds like you're missing a 'dongle'. A 'dongle' is a piece of hardware with is required to be connected to a serial port on the PC running the software. The software looks for the key encoded on an EEPROM chip, and if this key is not found or the dongle is not connected, the software will not function.

I have no idea how to get around this type of license-protection device.

Chris. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of Derek Drew Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 5:05 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: New Version of ETKA Out

Suppose one had a new version of this somehow, but the new version, which is reportedly really great, caused a lockup due to not having the required hardware device on the back of the PC.

If so, how would one go about making it more similar to the ETKA 5.30s that we have been using in the past.

Technical comments solicited which may describe the methodologies of protection in this disk. Pmails welcome.

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