Moving a security-dongle from one computer to another

Can someone help me out here? I'm trying to replace an old computer
that is acting as a server. The software that the network is running
requires a dongle on the parallel port of the server. I do not have
any drivers for the dongle; however, everything is currently
functioning correctly so if the dongle does require any drivers, they
are already properly installed.

I have tried installing the software to another computer and moving
the dongle over, but the program cannot find it.

The program runs in DOS and all of the computers are running Windows
ME.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Alex G. wrote:
Can someone help me out here? I'm trying to replace an old computer
that is acting as a server. The software that the network is running
requires a dongle on the parallel port of the server. I do not have
any drivers for the dongle; however, everything is currently
functioning correctly so if the dongle does require any drivers, they
are already properly installed.

I have tried installing the software to another computer and moving
the dongle over, but the program cannot find it.

The program runs in DOS and all of the computers are running Windows
ME.

I've had dongle woes with early windows software (would run under win32s
on 3.11). Solved in the end by playing with the parallel port settings
in the BIOS - try "output only", then the other options.

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Chris Hodges wrote in message ...
Alex G. wrote:
Can someone help me out here? I'm trying to replace an old computer
that is acting as a server. The software that the network is running
requires a dongle on the parallel port of the server. I do not have
any drivers for the dongle; however, everything is currently
functioning correctly so if the dongle does require any drivers, they
are already properly installed.

I have tried installing the software to another computer and moving
the dongle over, but the program cannot find it.

The program runs in DOS and all of the computers are running Windows
ME.

I've had dongle woes with early windows software (would run under win32s
on 3.11). Solved in the end by playing with the parallel port settings
in the BIOS - try "output only", then the other options.


I have just tried it and the program still cannot recognize the
dongle. Any other ideas? Here's some more info on the older computer:

E-Machines 433i (It's either a celeron or AMD processor @ 433mHz)
Windows ME Operating System
The software I'm trying to run operates in DOS.
The dongle is inserted into the Parallel Port under the SPP setting in
bios.

New Computer Specs:
AMD Duron 1.6gHz CPU
Windows ME Operating System
Bios Setting for Parallel Port: SPP