HI Bebe, You would use the Network to transfer designs between the 2 computers and the 2 different software programs. > Thank you for the advice and that was how it was set up. How then do I = > transfer the digitised software to the other running the machines ? Do = > we use the network to transfer or use diskettes ??? One Dongle should be for Design Shop, and the other Dongle should be the Amaya software Dongle. The Design Shop Dongle should be on the computer that you are going to use for digitizing and making designs, and the Amaya Dongle should be on the computer that will be running the machine(s). You should not have to move them back and forth? >Then when we get the computer running the machines to accept the designs >and tried to run it = > it would not go until we remove the dongle from the digitising machine = > and fix it to the computer running the machines. On the computer running = > the Amayas i have an USB dongle and what is that for ? It sounds as though something is not quite right? Jeff Banks Melco Embroidery Systems