Under Start>All Programs>Equis International you should have a shortcut for MetaStock Professional Off-Line Mode. You can use this to bypass logging into the eSignal Data Manager.

Sorry, I misread that. You cannot be logged into the same eSignal account on two different PC's if that is what you are trying to do. The behaviour can be erratic at best. You will either be kicked offline on one PC or you will fail to connect on the 2nd PC that is trying to log in or sometimes both PC's will end up disconnecting from eSignal.

hey carpitrade..... kinda had a feeling that was what you were refering to.... its a common occurence for me also.... most often i just shut down the other computer completely but there are times when i want both on.... just as your describing...... closing metastock first then waiting a few minutes then exiting esignal by the exit method, don't 'x' out, exit out, usually works for me..... exit is under file heading on the esignal data manager box that comes up with meta pro start up..... there is a seting somewhere that specfies when to start the realtime app.... the 2 choices are , always at start up of computer and the other selection is only when a realtime program is started.... make sure the selection is not set on 'always at start of computer'...... the esignal data manager is coming from meta itself..... so even though it appears meta is not running , it is..... look in the task manager, click, 'control, alt, delete' , all 3 at same time to bring up task manager..... look for 'mswin.exe', click/highlight it then click 'end process'..... 'eqdatsrv.exe' and 'winros.exe' should not be running.... its the 'mswin' thats hung up....... would have answered eariler but was not clear on true issue.......holler back if you still have troubles.....h

hey carpitrade....... yes that's ok.... for some reason meta gets hung up and we'll have to manualy stop it.... if there ever is a time when you try to start meta and you get the message something like ' metastock is already running' , just look in the task manager for it and 'end process'..... then meta should start up ok.....h