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Xp era USB Dongle security keys on Windows 11

When windows released their XP version on windows there were a lot of Software Companies selling expensive softwares for Engineering tasks... To secure these advance softwares from thievies,,, they use USB HASP keys,,, that kept operational startups to a specific PC that had a USB ports to allow placement of one of these keys plug in dongles... Then Windows 7 came along and it was the start of half of my HASP starting to fail to work, while some donglescontinue to work... I believe it was the Pro version on Win 7 that had a Xp version attached to it that did help bridge my work a little... Then windows 8 was total failure... Windows 9 never say the day of light... Windows 10 showed up and was so buggy at first, mostly in their third party drivers areas, it was not worth the bother for years... Then Window 11 appeared and once again a solid Windows plateform became realized... But Win 11 has its limits! Now... All versions after Windows 7 failed to support totally all my expensive security keys on all these later versions... I also fully really this long ago and prepare what I would do, and this also included window 7 too... Because of this trouble, I maintain my primary computer running Windows 7 Pro and I also maintain a FAST Dual Xeon Xp computer too... Doing this all my expensive engineering software are still operational, even today... I also know the Hp also does this little trick too... I also complained long ago to Micrsoft many times on this subject, but they ignored me... And,,, I know a insider at Hp who confirmed this for me what I said Hp was doing secretly is true...

Q!uestion: Is there any Third Party solution softwares that can allow Xp era USB Dongle security keys to work on Window 11?

Opinion: I think the answer is NO... I look every once in a while to see on the Internet... But since you said I had a question open, I elected to ask you folks...

Comment: If I were to upgrade some of my Dongle licenses, (And,,, keep in mind that some companies went out of business long ago...) the cost would approach over a Half Million Dollars... They want me to purchase their newer version while my older versions work just fine on my Xp computer,,, when I need to run one of those programs... This is what I plan to do going forward, but if there was a way to run on Windows 11, I like to know how and where...

Comment: It is also been a good thing that many current computer software companies that maintain older versions of window fully understand why this is a good idea to contineue to do... I hope Auslogics does this too... I also put in a comment about your latest Driver software that when I tried it last fail to run on Windows 7 Pro... Not good! I am just pointing this out, because it needs to be pointed out...

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Feb 12, 2025 at 01:47 PM

Не работает колонка bluetooth

не работает колонка блютуз

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Feb 12, 2025 at 01:47 PM

Boostspeed 13 startup externalized to Windows desktop every boot

Everytime I boot up my Windows 10 laptop, Boostspeed 13 i set to startup in the settings, however on each boot, the Boostspeed dashboard is extranalized to the Windows desktop and always at the Registry Analysis tab.

How can I stop the Boostspeed dashboard from being extranalized on every boot-up?
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Feb 12, 2025 at 01:47 PM

Error message from startupmanager.exe. What to do about it?

I got an errormessage from startupmanager.exe with a bug-report, see attachment. What to do about it?

I left my laptop idle for a few hours. When I returned this errormessage was in front.
The following applications were open: Excel, Wordpad, Windows Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, WhatsApp, FileZilla.

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Feb 12, 2025 at 01:47 PM

Privacy Leaks

How do I correct Windows privacy leaks?
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Feb 12, 2025 at 01:47 PM

Произвольное обновление страниц после обновления Windows

Добрый день! В браузере с недавних пор стали произвольно чсасто обновляться открытые страницы. С чем это связано и как можно убрать это? После последнего обновления это появилось.
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Feb 12, 2025 at 01:47 PM

How to disable background apps/processes with BoostSpeed

is there a way to disable background process with auslogics boostspeed 13

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Feb 12, 2025 at 01:47 PM

MS Constantly changes default browser and search engine

I am econstantly having to replace the default browser and search back to Chrome & Google becaseu Microsoft changes them to Edge & Bing.
Is it possible to control this in the Registry?

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Feb 12, 2025 at 01:47 PM

System Scan

Every time I run a system scan Boostspeed highlights the TCP/IP internet setting as needing attention. It then says it's resolved it. This occurs on every system scan run.
Any thoughts?
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Feb 12, 2025 at 01:47 PM

Set up your Computer

Each time I log in to Win 11 I am asked if I want to set up my computer.

Is there any way to removed this annoyance? The app doesn't appear in my list of installed apps.
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Feb 12, 2025 at 01:47 PM

Location setting managed by your organization

My location setting has been disabled (turned off) and is greyed out so I cannot turn it back on. I now see a message indicating that my computer is "Managed by your organization" but this is my personal computer. I actually have 2 computers and this message appears on both computers along with the same restrictions to my settings.
Can you advise how I can regain the administrative control of my PCs and eliminate "Managed by your organization"?

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Feb 12, 2025 at 01:47 PM

File Explorer

Since running Deep Disk Cleaner the File Explorer view options are now greyed out!
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Feb 12, 2025 at 01:47 PM

Выскакивает MidHost.exe , как от этой программы избавиться?

c:\users\ольга\appdata\local\microsoft\windowc\setingback up\20240120.215638\lo MidHost.exe постоянно выскакивает, как от этой программы избавиться

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Feb 12, 2025 at 01:47 PM

indicacion del tiempo de inicio de windows

Estimado Señor:
Me dirijo a usted para preguntarle cómo logro que aparezca la notificacion en pantalla, del tiempo que ha tardado windows 11 en iniciarse.
Gracias, Atentamente:
Francisco José Díaz Álamo
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Feb 12, 2025 at 01:47 PM

DirectPlay issue

Every since I installed Auslogics driver updater I keep getting a message that I need to install directplay. Directplay won't install on my computer and if I choose to skip the installation the attached notification constantly comes up. Is Auslogics driver updater or Bootspeed calling for this outdated windows feature. If I uninstall driver updater I don't get that notification.
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Feb 12, 2025 at 01:47 PM

Windows Update not working

Windows update is not working properly

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Feb 12, 2025 at 01:47 PM

Windows News Widget will not show the news when clicked on

I have recently removed MS Edge from my PC because I have found it so intrusive, changing settings and software useage etc. But now my Taskbar MS news widget displays headlines and pix but will not show the news in detail when clicked on. Previouslt it complained it couldn't find Edge, now it just does nothing. How do I set the widget to use my current browser. I am proficient in tweaking the registry but have resisted that so far. Thanks.

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Feb 12, 2025 at 01:47 PM

Program to improve Windows performance

Is there a program or anything that will scan my laptop and honestly improve the speed and performance?

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Feb 12, 2025 at 01:47 PM

How to optimize RAM in Windows?

Hello, my computer is not that powerful, ideapad 3i, sometimes the memory and processing gets saturated, I would like to know if in boostspeed there is a function to press a button and optimize the RAM memory of windows. Thank you

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Feb 12, 2025 at 01:47 PM

RE: Need browser attachment advice


I Can't upload files to websites using any browser on my windows 10 home edition.

Can you help me?

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Feb 12, 2025 at 01:47 PM