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| 234620 | 2004-05-06 09:06:00 | AutoCad (version 9 & back in the days of 386 machines when I used it)used a dongle connected to the parallel port. Without that you couldnt use the software. It's purpose was to prevent piracy/unauthorized use. However circuit diagrams for the AutoCad dongle were available for those that really wanted to get around the protection, much to the annoyance of AutoDesk |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 234621 | 2004-05-06 10:50:00 | Thanks for your help everyone. | fastcars (5286) | ||
| 234622 | 2004-05-06 11:22:00 | IIRC, writing a patch that would bypass the check for a security dongle in Autocad, etc used to be an entry requirement for some of the groups that produce software cracks. /Lame attempt to work around the rules. |
bmason (508) | ||
| 234623 | 2008-09-25 15:15:00 | many computer came with pre-installed computer image using generic drivers. that mean the same image is deployed on many different computer model, chipset and motherboard using generic drivers. I can make my DOS lpt dongle work on any of my 3 differents HP computers now. Here how i diagnose the problem and found my solution... First i have backup the actual XP installation using ghost. I tried to determine if it was the bios or any other hardware compatibility issue by installing DOS on this computer. i have install the software and start it... validation trough the dongle LPT1 work perfectly. Starting from there i know its an windows XP drivers and configuration problem... instead of using the xp image that came with the computer when we received it.... i have install a new xp installation from scratch... an original not the cd or dvd that come with the HP computers but a real xp cd or dvd. after the installation of xp i have install the dos application and make a try and it work! as a precaution i did all xp update from sp1 to sp2 and i have done also another new installation from scratch and upgrade it from sp1 to sp3 via windows update ant the dos software can still work perfectly! since there i have never used any pre-install xp that came with the new computer anymore.... those generic drivers that are use seems to cause problem!!! |
pcrochet (5617) | ||
| 234624 | 2008-09-25 19:08:00 | Did you look at the date of this thread? I would have thought that after 4 years it would have been solved or become redundant | gary67 (56) | ||
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