The equipment I have today is not 17 years old, I have purchased two additional i1Pro units since the beginning. When XRite acquired Gretag-Macbeth they grandfathered those of us with the enabling dongles so that we had equivalent functionality using i1Profiler. This was their compensation for not advancing the Profile Maker suite.
I well understand that time marches on. My gripe with XRite is (1) not continuing to support i1Pro with their recent i1Profiler versions, and (2) knowing of a easy solution to the problem and not providing it on their website.
BTW ProfileMaker still runs ok on my Windows 10 system, although I only use the ancillary programs, not Profile Maker itself.
Richard Southworth