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Don't mind having the dongle attached all the time, the PC is in a fairly secure location (unlikely to be stolen / tampered with) and it's not going to see a lot of wear if it's not being moved around. One of the host machines has two ports, the other has one. They are still used for some industrial...

Thanks for the replies, I'll download and install it now...

This is the problem with dongled apps. It limits the lifetime of the application - people should IMHO absolutely refuse to accept them With these sort of apps / environment, it's the norm - we've had to deal with these things since the DOS 6.2 days. The dongle doesn't seem too bothered about timing...

Hi all, Been suggested to use VB to solve a problem we have, can anyone tell us if this is practical and whether I need to download / install anything else? We've been using old PC machines to run a legacy app. It will only run on WinXP (SP3) 32 bit and uses a parallel port dongle. Old machines are ...