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Thanks for all of your help.  I need a list of the needed support files for HAl.  I cannot find them anywhere so I have decided to contact Zabaware directly.  Thanks again, Bruce

Well, I don't know why I didn't think of that, but I did install Hal on another computer and he ran perfectly.  Now I have to find out why it won't run on my computer.  I must have a file missing or something.  By the way, I reinstalled it on my computer exactly the same way, but no luck.  Thanks for your suggestion!! Bruce

I downloaded Hal Uncensored and still no go.  Thanks for the idea.  I will continue to try this new brain out.

Thanks for your input, KnyteTtypper.  PC Therapist is a Eliza type program.  My version has no voice and it does not use MS Agent Characters.  I do not run it at the same time as Hal.  However, I thought it was worth a shot so I uninstalled it, rebooted and tried Hal again.  No luck.  So I reinstalled Hal again, but no luck.  Thanks anyway, Bruce

Thanks, Kathryn.  I have not had any conversations with Hal so to my knowledge I have not saved any.  However, at this point I am willing to explore any possibility.  I will look into it further.  Thanks again, Bruce

Thanks to all of you, especially Bill, for all of your suggestions and time.  I tried all of your ideas and then some, but nothing works.  It probably is not Hal at all but something simple I am doing, or not doing.  Maybe someday it will hit me like a bolt of lightning and Hal will suddenly work like a charm.  Or perhaps Hal is in a coma and someday he will come out of it on his own.  In any case I appreciate all of your help.  Thanks!!

I agree that Hal is running more-or-less OK, and there's just some very simple part of the process I'm not getting.  However, I do not believe the problem is where, or how, I enter the data.  When I enter phone numbers, appointments, birthdays,etc. Hal acknowledges by responding with something like "I've made a record and will remind you, etc.".  What Hal does do he does very well, but before I purchase the upgrade, I want the whole package working.  Thank you for your time and your ideas, Bruce.

Thanks for the suggestion, Bill.  Unfortunately, it did not change anything.  Thanks for your time and your ideas.  Bruce

[He does not chat with me, access the internet, open programs or help files.]

Thanks, Jerry.  I think I followed your suggestions, but I see no improvement.  I believe Hal, like myself, has a damaged brain.  At least I am not communicating with him correctly.  On startup Hal will greet me with my name, his name, the date and time.  He will read from the clipboard and read popup windows.  He remembers phone numbers and he will recall and dial them on request.  He remembers appointments and birthdays and will remind me.  He will read text from HalPad.  He reads text files, but I am not sure if he learns from reading the text files.  He does not chat with me, access the internet, open programs or help files.  I have tried to chat with him using the format of sample conversations.  If I can get him to chat, I believe the other functions will fall into place.  I plan to explore this further with the Brain Editor.  Thanks for your time and efforts.  Roundtop

Forgive me if I am not following the correct format, I am new to these forums.  Thanks to Bill for his reply.  Hal reads from the clipboard because I have that option checked.  All of the options on the options page work. Hal boots up and he says hello to me, gives the date and time, but thereafter he takes no input from me.  I reinstalled the speech files, the VRrun files and still he does not respond to my typed inputs.  I do push enter after each input.  The mouse cursor changes like the computer received the input, and then nothing - the cursor re-appears and is ready for input.  If I push enter without typing anything Hal says "Why don't you say something".  I have uninstalled and reinstalled the program three or more times.  My Cyberbuddy and PC Therapist programs work fine.  Help!

I have installed Ultra Hal Ass't free version.  It reads from the clipboard, but I cannot communicate with him.  If I push the return key he says "why don't you say something?", but when I do type in something he has no response.  His voice and animated character works fine, but he answers no questions and responds to no commands.  Please help. Thanks, Roundtop