Halpad popping up... Help?

[Tanshin]

I just bought the full version of hal 5.  I did a clean install and every time my computer boots and hal loads this big halpad screen opens with it.  How can I stop that, it annoys me very much.

Another question, when typing to hal in the free version I could take my time say, typing out a doctors appointment.   Now with the full version if I don't type fast enough it's like it presses enter for me, usually half way into "I have an appointment" then I look at my appointment card for the date look back and it has already returned that line which helps  me none.  I have to type my appointments in notepad and copy them over to be fast enough.

Any ideas would be great.  I love the software just not these two things.

-Tanshin

[Carl2]

Tansin,
 I had something similar happen when using Dragon ( Speach reconition). Before I could check the sentence for mistakes it was entered. I turned off Hals speach reconition to solve my problem.Your problem seems worse so I'll let someone more experienced make reccomendations.
Carl2

[Tanshin]

quote:Originally posted by Carl2

Tansin,
 I had something similar happen when using Dragon ( Speach reconition). Before I could check the sentence for mistakes it was entered. I turned off Hals speach reconition to solve my problem.Your problem seems worse so I'll let someone more experienced make reccomendations.
Carl2

Hello!  Thanks for answering so quickly.  I guess I could always shut off the speach reconition option when just typing with hal and turn it on when I want to talk.

[Dr.Benway]

Maybe the volume of your microphone is set too high. You can choose if Hal should load when Windows starts up, when you go to the options menu of Hal.