Security Dongles - Expensive Software

[Earl Smith]

Yes, there are many options Earl and remote control is one. I have used that in the past but find it a bit laggy and often colours don't display properly. Of course while I'm using the Wilcom remotely, Angie can be using other software by attaching to another security dongle.

I had a Raspberry Pi spare and decided it suited my needs and, I can lock the Pi away with dongles and don't have to touch them A raspberry Pi uses very little power so I leave it on 24/7.

I wasn't aware of situation with Wilcom and lost dongles. At present I'm not to happy with them for the problems I've encountered with Coreldraw 6 and its lack of compatibility with Windows 10. Their solution was for me to upgrade to E4!

I don't use a Mac so can't comment on any remarks made about them.

I have the same problem with Wilcom. New laptop as the old crashed so bought a Win10 one. My Wilcom supplier said my Wilcom would work on Win 10 but it doesnt. Now Im looking to upgrade so I dont get problems in the future. I use it everyday so I is probably worth it.
As for the virtual link up. Im sure it wont work unless you have a good internet. I havent tried it as I have only been told about it this morning.

[Stitch Up]

For the solution I use Earl (VirtualHere) the speed of the internet will have little or no baring as all Wilcom does is to periodically check for the security dongle

Using Teamviewer or VPN solution will require a reasonably fast internet service.

I wanted to use Coreldraw 7 with Wilcom ES3 to overcome it's non-compliance with Windows 10, BUT, when I enquired with Wilcom support, I was told ES3 does not support Coreldraw 7 and an upgrade to ES4 was the only solution. Not at all happy with Wilcom.

Have fun

John

[Earl Smith]

Hi John.
Ive been told that Wilcom will give us a four week test use of their ES4. The upgrade cost is 1,699€ so Im not too happy but if I have to then needs must. But it is S**t that we have to keep upgrading at these prices just because the operating system keeps changing.
Lets hope the upgrade has some new tools that make it worthwhile.