| Re: Windows XP problems [message #28625] |
Wed, 02 January 2002 21:24  |
Rick Towler
Messages: 821
Registered: August 1998
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That is the question.
We too will be inconvenienced by this change of policy, as will many
traveling IDL folk who have up until now enjoyed the freedom to carry their
dongle.
I wish RSI would at least publish their reasoning behind this and offer an
alternative solution. I don't mind requesting a temporary key on occasion
but do they really want to issue me 50 keys good for each Saturday and
Sunday of the year so if I decide to work at home on a weekend I can?
-Rick
"RichardW" <rmw092001@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:9f4a7077.0201021936.2d073af4@posting.google.com...
> why is RSI trying to recall all the HASPs/dongles anyway? (other than
> pure corporate greed). HASP security hasn't been cracked, has it? I
> used my own money to buy one personal copy of IDL; I have 'demo mode'
> IDL on several computers in more than one country, and take the HASP
> with me - so only one, licensed, copy of IDL is ever used at any time.
> Emailing RSI for new temporary keys to use each computer would be a
> nightmare - and I don't want, and can't afford to upgrade at RSI's
> whim. IDL5.3 does everything I want, and much more, anyway. This is
> like the Mac OSX mess all over again - not good PR. Hope the latest
> driver works, thanks... (I haven't access to Windows XP to check yet).
>
> Richard
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> "Rick Towler" <rtowler@u.washington.edu> wrote in message
news:<a0vgcf$t0m$1@nntp6.u.washington.edu>...
>> We have one laptop in the lab with XP and at some point we'll want to
run
>> IDL on it licensed with our dongle. I would try getting the latest
HASP
>> driver directly from Aladdin.
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>> http://www.ealaddin.com/support/hasp/enduser.asp#latestDD
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>> This may or may not be the issue but it is probably the only thing we
end
>> users could do.
>>
>> -Rick
>>
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>> "RichardW" <rmw092001@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:9f4a7077.0112312253.4dddec1b@posting.google.com...
>>> has anyone noticed
>>>
>>> http://www.rsinc.com/services/output.cfm?tip_id=3272
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>>> - HASP licensing isn't supported at all with Windows XP, and RSI want
>>> Windows users to post back their HASPs (free postage, thanks). I hope
>>> Windows XP compatibility mode works for IDL?!
>>>
>>> Richard
>>> IDL5.3/HASP/Windows Me user
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| Re: Windows XP problems [message #28626 is a reply to message #28625] |
Wed, 02 January 2002 19:36  |
rmw092001
Messages: 17
Registered: January 2002
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why is RSI trying to recall all the HASPs/dongles anyway? (other than
pure corporate greed). HASP security hasn't been cracked, has it? I
used my own money to buy one personal copy of IDL; I have 'demo mode'
IDL on several computers in more than one country, and take the HASP
with me - so only one, licensed, copy of IDL is ever used at any time.
Emailing RSI for new temporary keys to use each computer would be a
nightmare - and I don't want, and can't afford to upgrade at RSI's
whim. IDL5.3 does everything I want, and much more, anyway. This is
like the Mac OSX mess all over again - not good PR. Hope the latest
driver works, thanks... (I haven't access to Windows XP to check yet).
Richard
"Rick Towler" <rtowler@u.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<a0vgcf$t0m$1@nntp6.u.washington.edu>...
> We have one laptop in the lab with XP and at some point we'll want to run
> IDL on it licensed with our dongle. I would try getting the latest HASP
> driver directly from Aladdin.
>
> http://www.ealaddin.com/support/hasp/enduser.asp#latestDD
>
> This may or may not be the issue but it is probably the only thing we end
> users could do.
>
> -Rick
>
>
> "RichardW" <rmw092001@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:9f4a7077.0112312253.4dddec1b@posting.google.com...
>> has anyone noticed
>>
>> http://www.rsinc.com/services/output.cfm?tip_id=3272
>>
>> - HASP licensing isn't supported at all with Windows XP, and RSI want
>> Windows users to post back their HASPs (free postage, thanks). I hope
>> Windows XP compatibility mode works for IDL?!
>>
>> Richard
>> IDL5.3/HASP/Windows Me user
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| Re: Windows XP problems [message #28948 is a reply to message #28629] |
Tue, 22 January 2002 11:00 |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Rick Towler (rtowler@u.washington.edu) writes:
> We have one laptop in the lab with XP and at some point we'll want to run
> IDL on it licensed with our dongle. I would try getting the latest HASP
> driver directly from Aladdin.
>
> http://www.ealaddin.com/support/hasp/enduser.asp#latestDD
>
> This may or may not be the issue but it is probably the only thing we end
> users could do.
I just bought a new laptop with Window XP in the past
few days, and after downloading and installing the latest
HASP driver from Aladdin had no problems at all running
IDL 5.5.
Cheers,
David
--
David W. Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
Phone: 970-221-0438, E-mail: david@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155
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