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dongle location suggestion: vote for me!

It would be more convenient if the dongle's requirement would be to be on the machine that is the database server rather that the first machine to start POS. It would enable the dongle to be placed in a more secure location.

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Reply to
ozzie

It'd be even better if the dongle were eliminated entirely. Let's get out of the 90s and eliminate the dongle!

Reply to
Terrible Tom

Personally I think the dongle's are an effective way to reduce software piracy. Not to say that the dongle method can't be cracked, but it is much more effective then typing in a string of letters and numbers every time you want to re-install (that is how other MBS products like GP and CRM work, as well as Windows, Office, etc etc .. and if you're an IT Pro, you get sick of typing key codes in after a while)

I think that having the dongle detected by an application other than POS is an excellent idea. This would eliminate the required to have the dongle present on the first machine which loads POS each day. You could have this "dongle manager" running on any machine (such as your server), and you could leave it running all the time - that way it doesn't matter which POS station get started first.

Reply to
Jason Hunt

I'd like the dongle on the db server too...

If they can't or won't do that -- and I doubt they will, they should at least make the licensing system more similar to how it was for Quicksell

2000.

In QS, you needed to have the dongle on the first POS terminal you turned on, but you could run Manager without a license at all.

The way RMS is now .. if I come in to work late at night and want to run some reports, I have to go down into the store and turn on the first station, and then I can go back upstairs and open Manager and do my administrative work. Worse, I can't access Manager from home (say through PC Anywhere for example) unless station 1 is left on that day.

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Reply to
craiga

That's not true. As long as the dongle register has been started first each day, you don't need to start it up so that you can work on Manager. As long as the startup sequence has been done properly within 48 hours, you won't have any issues using Manager either from your workstation or via PC Anywhere.

Reply to
Glenn Adams [MVP - Retail Mgmt]

please clarify to me that when you guys refer to the first one starting each day, are you referring to the machine or the POS app? i've read some ambiguous wording on this.

Reply to
Eddie B

Eddie,

The machine with the dongle attached must be the first machine to enter into POS or Manager each day.

Reply to
Jeff

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