While we don't sanction this for bypassing a programs legitimate 
timing out, it sounds like you've gotten in a bind with a product you 
paid for and the vendor is gone.  Our Timewarp product which was 
originally created to do Y2K virtual dates would likely allow you to 
keep working, you can get some information from 
http://www.smga3000.com/timewarp_detail.html about the product - feel 
free to contact me about pricing and such.

At 05:02 AM 1/17/2006, Paul Frohlich wrote:
>My copy of SpeedEdit has 'died'. When trying to load a file for editing I
>get the messages:-
>
>'Making work copy'
>'INVALID FILE REFERENCE (FSERR 54)'
>
>- and the file won't load.
>
>I looked in my manual and found a section on Work Files. When editing a
>file Speed Edit creates a work file to hold the changes: it uses a
>structured name for the work file. According to the manual " ... the first
>character of the [work] file name represents the year the [work] file was
>created, the letter A indicating 1980, B 1981 etc." Therefore Z was 2005
>and so there is no letter for 2006! SpeedEdit may be trying to use the next
>character in the ASCII table, which is probably non-numeric, resulting in
>an invalid MPE file name. A very neat way of making software expire. I
>suppose the authors didn't think anyone would be using SpeedEdit in 2006!
>
>Has anyone got any ideas on how to get around this problem?
>
>Paul Frohlich
>DMX Music, UK.
>
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Regards,

Shawn Gordon
President
theKompany.com
www.thekompany.com
www.mindawn.com
949-713-3276

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