Dongles and Surface 3

[WhoDatSurface]

I've got a S3 i7 (which I'm loving) and I'm trying to run some work related programs. It's engineering type software that requires a dongle to run. The 2 programs I loaded both require dongles but I get an error msg about the dongle when I try to open either program. Any idea what's going on and how to work it out? Any help is much appreciated.

 

[sharpuser]

WhoDatSurf,

Wonder if you're from New Orleans? And work in the energy industry?
Anyway, what is the error message?

 

[WhoDatSurface]

Grew up in N.O., but in transportation not energy.

Anyway, one program say error 458/0 has occurred. The other says license file not found even though I know its loaded. These are the same messages I get without a dongle installed. I'm wondering if they're incompatible with USB 3.0.

 

[jkabaseball]

I work with lots of engineering software in my IT job. I would check to see if there are newer dongle drivers. I have ran into that in the past. What technology or engineering application are you using?

 

[toaf]

the few i use work fine, you might have to find out who makes them, and look on there websight