Windows 8.1 & manual removal of "Sentinel Runtime Drivers"

Solution 1:

The answer was that Lightworks didn't uninstall correctly (left shortcuts and this crappy license verification service running - what trash!)

This link finished it off:

http://amindlost.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/uninstalling-the-sentinel-license-service-hasplms/

Which says get this: http://sentinelcustomer.safenet-inc.com/DownloadNotice.aspx?dID=8589947873

And run it like this:

haspdinst.exe -purge

(I stopped the service first)

Solution 2:

Steps involved:

1. Open the link: sentinelcustomer.safenet-inc.com/sentineldownloads

2. Click on: Sentinel HASP/LDK - Command Line Run-time Installer

3. It will download a compressed folder named: Sentinel_LDK_Run-time_cmd_line

4. Unzip this folder and copy its address

5. Open the command prompt by typing cmd from the run window or from the search (if using Win 7 or 8)

6. In the command prompt window, type cd, (space), and paste the copied address and press enter.

7. After that, while still in the command prompt, type haspdinst -remove and press enter.

   It will take some seconds to uninstall and once done, it will prompt you.