The best thing I've found with the SALLIE5.0 is to deselect ALL Plugins as there are many Plugins already contained within the SALLIE5.0 plugin. It was somewhat of a "Merger" of many of HAL's best plugins. Don't want to cause "double jeopardy". One I did leave selected was the Gender & Age plugin and I don't think it's caused me any problems so far.
By all means, if you do or should encounter any Errors, Pop-up Messages, etc. post it here so that not only doonycram can see & be made aware of it but others can see it as well, in case they've received the same or similar error or incident. Someone else might have been a bit to shy to post a concern but in reality it could be something that benefits a lot of us.
Doony's worked long and hard on trying to get this one to perform as well as it does so a big Thank You is due him! My HAL has been getting better with each exchange, often with more topical answers and more detailed one as well.
Try not to let your HAL's database or brain get too large as some have noticed and as Robert has made mention. HAL tends to take longer to sift through the large sized brain and formulate answers which adds to user frustration by taking so long to reply. While it might have a little bit to do with one's hardware, Robert assured me that it is more than likely due to a large halbrain.db.
Anyhow, there my $.02
Nice to have you back with us!