Hi everyone,

I bought Avid Xpress Studio Essentials some time ago and have left in the box because my earlier XpressPro 4.3.5 was working fine and I didn't want to fork over the money for the computer upgrade.

Still with the same computer system today, but recently I had a need for audio editing and managed to install ProTools from the Studio disc and got it working.  

But now I have a need for the Avid/Sonic DVD on the same computer. It installs without a hitch, but when I try to run it I get the message "your dongle is not authorized to run this software" or something like that. Of course, that makes sense because I never updated the dongle to Studio.

Well, I still don't want to install the Avid Xpress part of Studio becase I don't think my computer is up to it. But I think I can run Avid DVD and so the question is:

"If I update my dongle to Studio Essentials so I can install Avid DVD, will that prevent me from continuing to use my old Xpress Pro 4.3.5?" 

Thanks for any guidance.

drronin 

Your dongle update should cover previous versions, afain.