I'm a current Multiplicity Pro and Stardock Acoustic Bridge owner.   Does the new "Centralize Audio" feature replace/duplicate Stardock Acoustic Bridge or is that something different in functionality?  Should I uninstall Acoustic Bridge along wide my installation of the new Multiplicity 2?

Just got all of my computers upgraded to the new beta version and was hoping that things would be better.  Doesn't appear to have anything new except for design layout.  I was really looking forward to the drag and drop feature but it doesn't appear to be working.  I do have it enabled (checked) with in the "settings" tab configuration panel, but it doesn't work. I have tried restarting as well as turning off all my firewalls, but it still doesn't work.  Seems to be a feature that is not ready yet. I am running windows 7 on all my computers, and have no clue to what is causing the problem.

Okay, I was able to uninstall MPC only with the Gamestop app installed. I don't have to start it or logon but MPC then doesn't rant about missing impulse anymore upon unistall from within the control panel. Thanks Neil nevertheless.

And woohoo, Drag and Drop ist THE feature !!! Everything seems working fine. Have to play with audio sharing still.

Update : Hm, while testing Drag & Drop just stopped working.

You would need to uninstall Acoustic Bridge before install and the installer will actually detect it and tell you to do so.

Firstly are you using the LEFT mouse button to drag?  We had an issue in internal testing where someone was using the right mouse button and wondering why it was not working (ex OS/2 user).

Assuming you are using the left, some things to try :

1) Does normal clipboard copying work for text etc?  If not this is probably a firewall issue blocking port 30565.

2) When you drag does it let you switch computers, or does the mouse remain stuck on the computer you started the drag on?

3) Does it work either direction?

4) Is MP2Drag.exe running on the machine you started the drag from?

5) Are you dragging from explorer and dragging a file rather than say the recycle bin (which cannot be dragged between machines as it is not a real object)

6) Are you able to switch machines if you stop dragging?

7) Make sure you are not holding down any other keys while dragging like shift or ctrl or switching computers will be blocked.

8) Make sure you did unlock the features on the primary.  You can tell if you did this as the upgrade tab will no longer be visible on the primary.

There are many new things in MP2 as well as the enhanced UI such as the drag & drop, the enhanced clipboard, the audio feature (not on XP though), the abilty to switch when an elevated app has focus, the lock all computers when the primary is locked feature, the echo keyboard input to all computers feature, the ability to play a custom sound when certain MP events occur (See OS sounds control panel), the ability to switch machines even when the primary is locked, has a UAC prompt up, or is not even logged in yet.  Plus the protocol level changes like compression for clipboard transfers and AES-256 encryption for security.

Both directions or just one way.  Check if Mp2Drag.exe is running as a process or not.  Did it allow you to switch computers, or do you get stuck on the one computer when you try a drag?

If I choose the super mode they want money, if I chose the free mode it doesn't list the features I use. It didn't tell me if I'm eligible for a reduction in price.

Where do I click for the beta?

 Nevermind:

** Purchase/upgrade Multiplicity to get access to the BETA now and receive a full copy on release.

I don't have the money, sniff.

Liz : https://www.stardock.com/products/multiplicity/beta/download.asp

If you already own Multiplicity 1 or Multiplicity 1 Pro then you can click the Check Eligibility link below the Get it Now button and you should be asked to enter your email address and the page will then refresh with a line under the download and Get it now buttons saying something like "You are eligible to upgrade to Multiplicity 2 for only $29.95" and a text Get it Now link to the right of that which you would click to order.  I don't know if the price changes depending on if you owned Pro or standard before.

Neil: Was from primry to secondaries. Othe way round it works. Cursor is stuck on the primary.

Another one that needs attention: Even with all secondaries off MPC 2 uses 25 % CPU constantly. Watched that one for half an hour, then switched it off.

What process is using the cpu, thats not normal and is not something thats been discovered in any of our testing,

"Multipl2.exe." Couldn't reproduce that yet.

I suspect whatever that was it was also why drag & drop stopped working from the primary to the secondary.  We will have to take a close look at the code that handles that logic and see if it could get stuck in a loop without stopping switching too.

If it happens again try to remember what you had been doing just before as it might let us narrow it down further.

Thanks, Neil

I'm having trouble installing the beta on my secondary machine. It tells me that I need to uninstall the old version of multiplicity first and then reboot. I did that and still got the same message. I rebooted again. Same message. I installed Stardock Central, reinstalled the old version, then uninstalled it and rebooted and still got the same message.

Now I'm trying revo uninstaller...

Just saw a  post on Addictive Tips about the program http://www.addictivetips.com/