Xpress-MP licenses using 'Baby' dongles

24th October 2002

Dear Xpress-MP Customer

Some Xpress-MP licenses are secured to dongles of a type known as a 'Baby' dongles. These dongles are numbered in the ranges 2000-2499, 5000-6000, and 6450-6999.

We are in the process of phasing out Baby dongles and may not be able to support them in future releases of Xpress-MP.

We are prepared to replace them now, free of charge, either for a ‘HASP’ dongle, or for a license file locked to the ethernet address of your computer. This offer is made only to customers on ASSC and we encourage you to take this up. Failure to do so may result in problems when Xpress-MP or your operating system, or both, is next upgraded. If, as a result of problems in the future, we have to replace a Baby dongle, we will make an administration charge of GBP 500 / USD 800 per dongle.

If you wish to have your dongle replaced please send it by courier or recorded delivery to:

Please enclose your full name, postal address, telephone number, e-mail and dongle number(s), and indicate whether you require a HASP dongle or a license file replacement. If you require a license file please follow the instructions below to identify your Host ID number(s), and include them in the information you send to us.

The free replacement program will run until 31 December 2002. After this, the administration charge will apply.

We strongly recommend that you take advantage of this offer forthwith. We shall not be sending out any further notices or reminders.

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This procedure describes how to obtain the host ID of a Windows PC. (Note that the ethernet address is used as a host ID on Windows PCs, but the ethernet address must be obtained using this procedure.)

Please carry this procedure out on each computer for which you currently have a dongle-protected copy of Xpress-MP covered by a current ASSC policy, and wish to exchange the dongle for a xphostid-protected copy of Xpress-MP.

1. If you have installed Xpress-MP 2005 on your computer choose xphostid from the Start Menu.

If not, download the program 'xphostid.exe' and save it to your computer. In Windows Explorer browse to the folder into which you saved the program and run it.

2. It will display a message of the form:

Xpress-MP host ID(s) of this machine:
  mx0123456789ab

3. This is the information you need to submit to Dash in order for Dash to issue you with a license file.

NB: The xphostid program is also available for all other platforms we support. Please click here for more information.