Esprit 2008 trouble

Hey guys. not sure who here is familiar with the software program Esprit 2008. All the prerequisites are there, all the settings seem to be proper, but for some reason, it will not send the info the another computer in the office through the 'handshake' or whatever it's called. When i had the previous version of Esprit, everything worked properly, but now i'm receiving a 'stopped' message at the bottom left. i've attempted to contact Esprit but it's been no help to me at the present time. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Ty