BioExplorer Users WARNING

[Guest guest]

Please, please, please, please!

If you are using BioExplorer, you know that without your dongle/hasp, the little

red thing that plugs into the USB port and lights up, you CANNOT USE the

program. That hardware key tells the computer that you have paid for the

program. If you have been following the lists, you know that there is a steady,

if small, stream of people who break their hasps, either by banging them into

something or by inserting and removing them from tight USB ports too many times.

Should be no big deal when this happens: you can't use the program for a 10-14

days while you send the hasp back to Cyberevolution with $50 for a new

one--well, I guess that COULD be a big deal.

Unfortunately, with Larry Janow's tendency over the past 6 months to be

completely incommunicado for weeks or more at a time, the problem is much worse.

Some people have simply been unable to get a new hasp at ANY cost of time and

money. SO...

If you are using the USB hasp, here is simple and cheap insurance: Get a USB

extension (like the ones that come with Pendants and Pocket Neurobics units) or

get a USB hub. Either of these are cheap and easy to find on the internet or

Best Buy or your computer store. Plug your hasp into that and plug that into

the USB port on your computer. That way you won't have to plug and unplug the

hasp, saving wear and tear on it. That way, even if you forget to remove the

hasp or drop the computer, the chances are you will not break the hasp. And, if

you leave the hasp plugged into one of these things, it's harder to lose.

Any other insurance policies any of you have come up with would be of interest.

Pete

Van Deusen

http://www.brain-trainer.com

16246 SW 92nd Ave, Miami, FL 33157

305/251-0337 or (cellular) 305/321-1595