Problem with the installation of the flexid driver. The dongle isn't recognized by LMtools
Alladin Hasp versus Flexid
Some of our customers have reported problems using the FlexID dongles:
- The driver could not be installed (messages that the driver is already installed but it isn't)
- The dongle is not recognized/detected in LMtools
In all of these cases it seemed that the customers were also running other network dongles on their server:
Aladdin HASP dongles
We have done several tests and eventually we found out that our FlexID USB key also runs on the HASPdriver. So, probably there is a conflict between older HASP drivers and the FlexID 9 driver since the new HASP driver is compatible with FlexID.
Therefore we worked out the following solution for customers who have HASP and want to use our FlexID:
- Remove the USB dongle from the server
- Remove the HASP driver and the Macrovision FlexID driver if present
- Go to the website http://www.aladdin.com/support/hasp/hasp4/enduser.asp
On this website there are two drivers:
- HASP Device Driver GUI
- HASP Device Driver Command Line version
Our dongles work with both.
The GUI version is put in Add/Remove Programs, the Command Line version is not. Customers most of the time have the Command Line version, so it is not easy to find a way to de-install it.
Since the GUI does not overwrite the Command Line version it is recommended to download the Command Line version: Hinstall.zip
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Install the command line version using the parameter –i
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Click on "Start -> Run" and type in the window that appears: cmd
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Browse to the folder which contains the hasp-driver
example: C:\FlexLM\HASP4_driver_cmdline
- Execute the installation using the parameter -i
- Attach the FlexID USB key
The key is now recognized as a HASP key AND it is recognized within LMTools!
In this way, the customer needs only one driver for both systems: HASP and FlexID