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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Charging to upgrade?

« on: August 16, 2001, 07:05:05 pm »

Sorry to have hit a nerve. There are many companies and programmers that have been, ever since the first Eliza program was written many years ago, attempting to write a program that would mimic human intelligence.  You can go to a site called www.botspot.com in case you've never been there and view lots of programs of this type.  In fact there is a Loebner Competition that offers a large sum of money for any "intelligent" program that can fool a panel of judges.
While Ultra Hal Assistant may not be the strongest program of this type, it certainly is ahead of a lot of others.
What exactly did you expect the program to do? Where are your problem areas with the program? Have you contacted anyone from Zabaware about your concerns?

I apologize if I came across too defensively, but I know the hundreds of hours of programming and debugging and hard work that goes into a program of this kind only to have someone appear to slam it. Been there...done that!

Granted, we've all fallen short in either a deal, purchase or product in the past, and there have been times that I didn't think a program was worth the price, but I suppose it goes back to the old "Let the buyer beware" thing. I've
really had no problems with Hal or Zabaware's technical support. They're good people!

I hope you will not lose interest in this type of program.  There will be more intelligent types of programs in everything around us soon...from cars, refridgerators, cell phones, PDA's etc.  I also hope you find a program that does what you expect of / from it.

Regards,
artstone

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Missing Hal

« on: August 15, 2001, 10:06:37 pm »

Be sure you removed any previous version you may have had on your computer.
Reboot your computer.
Close any programs that may be runing.
Try reinstalling or download again as it's possible you encountered a glitch.

Want to see what's runing each time your computer is on?
Click on START> RUN and type in MSCONFIG and click OK
Then click on the STARTUP tab. All items with a check in the box is an item
that loads/runs each time you boot up. Obviously, uncheck any ones you don't want to load/run. You'll be surprised how much resources are freed up with this method.

Good Luck,
- Art -

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Charging to upgrade?

« on: August 15, 2001, 09:56:23 pm »

Well, you Don't have to do anything you don't want to do. Personally, I've been a user of Ultra Hal Assistant for many years. The program is just that...a program...and a pretty clever one at that.  The upgrade is available at a very reasonable price considering the fact that it's like getting a new Version for half price.
The improvements are listed on the main site if one would take the time to read them.
I have never had any problems with the program to speak of. One or two were my fault. The company has showed me professionalism, courtesy and speed of delivery as well as great support for a product that costs less than a moderate dinner for two.
Then again, perhaps some people expect too much from a program. It has come a long way and keeps getting better.

If you're that dissatisfied then don't upgrade and continue to use ver.3.0 but please don't go trashing the company or it's program.  Perhaps you could learn to program and show the rest of the world what your program can do. I'd like to see that.

I an not affiliated with Zabaware or it's agents in any way...just MHO.

Regards,
artstone