Error message while trying to deploy a simple hello_world application

Oh, When you download the microprocessor to the DE2 board from Quartus II 9.0 web-version, a screen appears that says OpenCore Plus Status. It has a cancel button in the middle of it, DO NOT click CANCEL. This is Altera's way of controlling the licensing of their product. Your computer dials into Altera and as long as that screen is open, the DE2 board will work with the IP cores you are using. I'm having a bit of a time myself with the same problem when I work thru some of the example problems found in the nios2eds folder. They have you downloading *.sop files and sure enough the OpenCore Plus Status window doesn't open and I can't get the Nios examples to run...doing a workaround on this problem right now.