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From: Bice <eichler2@comcast.net>
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On Mon, 13 Jan 2025 13:16:07 -0800, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
wrote:

>On Mon, 13 Jan 2025 18:07:41 -0000 (UTC), Bice Eichler
><eichler2@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>Sadly, after using Forte Free Agent for decades, the software has stopped 
>>working on my Windows 10 computer.  I installed a bluetooth driver for 
>>some new speakers I had bought, and that somehow killed Agent.  I tried 
>>reinstalling it and even getting the latest version I could find online 
>>(ver. 8) and it still won't install or run.
>
>I've been using (paid) Forte v 8 for 5+ years for both text and
>attachments with no problems.
>
>I've no idea why a speaker driver would crash it.
>
>Hopefully I won't have any difficulties when going to my new box
>within the next two months (which will almost certainly be Win 11)

I never did figure out how to get Free Agent running again (and I
still have no idea why a bluetooth driver would kill it), but it was
ancient software so it was probably just a matter of time before it
stopped working.

I did get Agent ver. 8 installed and working.  If you're going to
install it on a new computer, I hope you kept your registration key.
The web page where you could purchase a key apparently hasn't worked
in years.

After much searching online, I finally found a usable registration key
near the bottom of this page:

https://www.rocksolidbbs.com/computers/article-flat.php?id=5261&group=alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent#5261

I'd be more than willing to pay for a registration key if Forte was
still selling them, but they aren't. So "borrowing" someone else's key
is unfortunately the best I'm going to be able to do.

  -- Bob