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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Creating a Self-Help Brain

« on: September 26, 2002, 10:46:23 am »

Dear Robert Medeksza and other experts of this forum,

I read, with great interest, Peter Shank's post on "Teaching to Hal", pity that I am not a programmer to follow his instructions.

One of my mane professional activities is Psychology, Psychotherapy, Counselling and Personal Growth. I am interested in creating a Brain in Ultra Hal to put in lots of information on these subjects so that this brain may be used as a Self-Help brain that one can consult when having a personal problem o emotional difficulty in life, and get helped by this Psychotherapeutic and Self-Help Hal Brain.

The problem is that I don't know how to create such a brain, for I'm not a programmer. I have tried to look up the Brain Editor of my Ultra Hal 4.5, but there is no Help file available in Zabaware where I could look up how to build a brain without being a programmer. I consider myself somewhat an advanced PC user, but I'm not a computer expert or programmer.

Would you, the experts of this forum, be so kind as to tell me, in a very simple manner, how I could build a brain where I can put all the necessary information to create a Self-Help brain? I intend putting into that brain some of the most important texts about Psychology, Psychotherapy, Self-Growth, Self-Help, eastern and western psychology in problem solving. I also intend to make that brain teach people how to think realistically and critically in order not to create mental and emotional problems for themselves and others, etc.

I thank you very much for your kind help in this proyect of creating a Self-Help brain, which I will make available to all of you as soon as I have constructed it.

Best regards,
Francisco.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Please help!

« on: September 19, 2002, 02:41:37 pm »

Dear Robert Medeksza,

Thanks for your quick answer. I have never used any free version of Ultra Hal Assistant. I ordered it and waited to receive the CD-Rom of Ultra Hal Assitant with the 4.5 full version of the program.

This problem mentioned in my message below

quote:, started ocurring to me after I instaleed the CD-Rom of Ultra Hal Assistant 4.5.

I have done what you have suggested me, making the program crash and reconfiguring it again, and it works fine (in part), the program starts working well, BUT only if, afterwards, I don't change anything in the "General Options" and hit any of the buttons APPLY or OK. If I change anything and hit these buttons, the problem occurs again, the boxes (mentioned in my previous message)unmark themselves, there is no sound-voice etc., and I have to make the program crash and reconfigure it again so that it works once again. After I crash the program and reconfigure it again, it works normally if I don't change any option and hit Apply or OK buttons in the General Options.

I thank you for your futher suggestions or solutions. Otherwise,I congratulate you for this excellent program.

Francisco.
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Was this problem occuring when you were still using the free version of Ultra Hal Assistant? What version did you upgrade from? Was it from the free version of Ultra Hal Assistant 4.5, the free version of Ultra Hal Assistant 4.0, or the full version of Ultra Hal Assistant 4.0?

I believe running the first setup wizard should fix your problem. An easy way to do this is to make Hal think it crashed by force closing it. While Hal is running press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to bring up your task manager. Click on the processes tab, click on the file HalAsst.exe, and then click on "End Process".  Now run Hal again and it will ask you if you want to reconfigure Hal. Say yes and follow the wizard. Does this fix your problem? Do the general options work normally?

Robert Medeksza

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Please help!

« on: September 18, 2002, 07:48:30 am »

Dear friends,
 
I would very much appreciate your helping me in the following problem: I purchased the CD-Rom of Ultra Hal Assistant, v.4.5. I have installed it in my computer (with Windows XP, 512MB Ram, Pentium 4 -1.7Mhz), but Ultra Hall program has some conflict with something in my PC, or perhaps it is something else, and I don't know what.
 
When I go to the "Options" (General Options) of Ultra Hal Assistant, there are three windows that don't work properly:
 
1) The window "Speech":
I mark the box "Use Speech Synthesis" and then I choose a voice. I test it with "Test Voice" button and I can hear it, but after I "Apply" it and hit "OK", the "Use Speech Synthesis' " box unmark itself, and I cannot hear any voice. Also, when I "Test Voice", the voice is heard somewhat unclear and with noise (this does not happen with the same voice when I try it with other programs on my PC or on other computers).
 
2) The window "Internet":
I mark the box "Enable myWebHall service" and enter my Username and Password. I "Apply" it and hit "OK". After hitting "OK", the "Enable my WebHal service" box unmarks itself, leaving this service inoperative.
 
3) The windows "Update Program/Help Database...", "Say greeting during update", "Say date" and "Say time", I mark their respective boxes, "Apply" them and hit "OK". After hitting "OK", all these boxes unmark themselves, and become inoperative.

I can chat with Ultra Hal, but the voice is off, and all the other features mentioned above are inoperative (they are all "Off", with no possibility of getting them to remain "On" after hitting the Apply and OK buttons).
 
Could you please help me? I really feel sorry for this.
 
Best regards,
Francisco.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Very Worried! Please Help!

« on: September 09, 2002, 03:34:27 pm »

Could anybody help me, please! I don't Know what to do.

This is the 6th email that I have sent to Zabaware about my purchase of the Ultra Hal Assistant, and I have not received any answer from them:
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Dear Sir/ Madame:

I have not received from you, for quite a long time, any notification or email (shipping information) letting me know of the dispatch of the CD-Rom with the Ultra Hal Assistant 4.5 program. Please inform me as soon as possible of the dispatch (delivery) details, for I have not received the CD-Rom either. As the address I have given you is a P.O.Box, I hope that there will be no problem with that from your side. In case you require an address that is not a P.O. Box, please send it to the following address:
 
Name and address: (.......)
 
I was downloading from your web the "full version" (100MB) of Ultra Hal Assistant 4.5 after I purchased it, when the download process was aborted due to an ISP disconnection, and I was not able to resume the download. Please allow me to download it again from your web, for I lost completely the download that I was receiving. Thanks!

I would be very grateful to you if you would email me as soon as possible
about this matter, for you have not notified me of the dispatch after quite a long time, and you have not answered any of my emails about my order.
 
I would appreciate very much your quick reply, for I'm quite worried about this matter. This lack of news, notification and reply from your side is not normal when one is purchasing on-line from respectful and serious companies. Thanks for your cooperation in this matter!

Francisco.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Zabaware, Inc. Transaction Processing" <order@zabaware.com>
To:  conceptum@telepolis.com
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 7:47 PM
Subject: Zabaware, Inc. Transaction Confirmation, XID: 4552916


> Francisco,
>
> The following transaction was processed.
> This email will serve as your receipt.  For questions,
> please contact order@zabaware.com.
>
> Thank you for your order. When we process your order,
> you will receive a second email with shipping information.
>
>     TRANSACTION DETAIL
>     -----------------------------------------------
>     Merchant Name:      Zabaware, Inc.
>     URL or User ID:     http://www.zabaware.com
>     Card Type:          Visa
>     Transaction ID:     4552916
>     IP Address:         Logged for security purposes.
>
>     YOUR INFORMATION:
>     -----------------------------------------------
>     Customer Name:     Francisco ......
>     Address:           .....
>     City, St. ZIP:     ....
>     Country:           .....
>     Telephone:         .....
>     E-Mail Address:    conceptum@telepolis.com
>
>     Description                                Amount  Quantity  Subtotal
>     -----------------------------------------  ------  --------  --------
>     Ultra Hal Assistant 4.5                     38.95         1     38.95
>
>     Transaction Total: 38.95US
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Zabaware, Inc.
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Could anyone from the Forum please help me? I an really worried about this long silence from Zabaware. I would appreciate it very much if you could send me your answer/reply to my private email address: conceptum@telepolis.com  instead of to the Forum list. Thanks very much for your help and cooperation.

Francisco.