It turns out that HALion 5 may have been crashing because I forgot to restart my computer after the installation! Ooop’s! Anyway… no more crashing, and now on to exploring!
So, just to sum this topic up… It would seem that if you have three failed attempts at charging your credit card at AskNet, the system will lock you out for 24Hrs after your last attempt! So, if you don’t wait the full 24Hrs before your next attempt… the 24Hrs will start all over again! If I had called my bank after the first failed attempt, I would have been approved after the second attempt!
The moral of this story is to be patient, and stay away from the “Please Try Again” button on this site!
Al