Hasp issue
JLX,
Since I use a password on my mac system, I am wondering if it would help for you to set up your admin user to have a PW. You would also have a more secure system. Other than that, I am not sure what that message means, since I rarely venture into unix space

That's also why I put the extra info below, because novices like me don't know that there is no "fudging" in Unix...everything has to be typed exactly. (I think..

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(Another idea...create a new user, with a password and admin priveleges and do the stop process there...I think you can run Parallels from the new user and see whether you have released the HASP from the claws of Leopard

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Be sure to copy only the
sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.aladdin.aksusbd.plist
Text--and no extra spaces, etc. It has to be exactly the same as above.
You are doing this from Leopard, correct? Remember to FIRST go to Alladin's website and download/install the Mac OS X driver
http://www.aladdin.com/support/hasp/hasp4/enduser.aspx
This solved MY problem with the HASP Key being used by another app.
AND THEN, I found that XP SP2 has an issue with the HASP drivers as well. Apparently SP2 installs/updates...basically installs the wrong driver, so my software doesn't see the HASP.
So, I found a page that explains how to use the HASP commandLine Driver installer from within windows. I used hinstall -r to uninstall first, then hinstall -i to install and then -info to see which driver had been installed. put a space before the minus sign. This made XP "see" the new hardware (HASP) and install the driver.
http://www.xrite.com/product_overview.aspx?ID=581&Action=support&SupportID=3339
Unfortunately it did not solve my problem and my 3D Embroidery software still doesn't recognize that the HASP key is installed...sigh.
This might solve the issues you are faced with though!
I have done a lot of searching in Parallels, XP forums, Searches on HASP installation in XP, etc, so hopefully someone can benefit from those links!
Please let me know if you find anything else!
Thanks
Helen