You're welcome. Hope that helps you solve the puzzle now.

sali,

I am having the same trouble with the playing card in the scanner, too. I can't turn it over to see the back of it. I have read the walkthroughs but I keep getting messages like "so many active areas require long analysis and I am not that patient" or " I need to check out more areas" or asomething like that. I don't understand what you did to get through this part. I have tried it several times but keep getting the same results.

Thanks.

From walkthrough:

Open the scanner. Place the card inside. Close the lid and press the blue scanning button.

Open the lid. Right click to turn the card over.- while it is still in the scanner. Close the lid and press the blue scanning button.

Open the lid and take the card out. Close the scanner.

Look close at empty evidence bag. Use the card on the evidence bag to place it inside

Hey everybody! First time poster, long time reader on this forum!

I seem to be stuck in the lab, I can't leave because Nicole keeps telling me "I should leave everything as it was, otherwise Wang will be picking on me again". I just analyzed the seed and the box wrapping. I have the two maps printed out and in my inventory. The scanner lid is closed, I have the tweezers in my inventory and I can't put them on the worktable or where the microscope is, it doesn't seem to be an option. The microscope's light is turned off. I can't remove the sample from the microscope, again that doesn't seem to be an option either. The box wrapping is secured in a plastic bag in my inventory and I can't leave it on either tables.

I have no idea what to do, I've tried everything I can think of but nothing works. Nicole refuses to leave the lab. I've read the two walkthroughs on here, followed them through and neither address this problem. I also checked out the walkthrough that came with the game and there is no mention of leaving something as it was before I exit the lab. I'm about to give up on this game because I can not progress. So, this is my last hope. Any suggestions? Has anyone had this problem?

Maybe I am in the wrong place. I scanned my fingerprints and then tried to use the cards. Should I be using a different scanner because I can't turn the cards over in this one?

Hi sayra, to GameBoomers. Hmm, I'm not sure what your problem here might be, either. Would you like a saved game just past this point?

gatsbygirl, you're at the wrong machine. Where you're at currently is the database where you examine what you've scanned. The actual scanner is the machine just to the left of the server rack.

Sayra,

Tell us what is in your inventory please.

Thanks Rushes! After lookig at all of the walkthroughs, I finally got through this part. Now I am at the Sapper and I can't get the joystick to work so that I can manipulate the robot's arm. It won't move. I can't talk to him again because it says something about not having anything to say. Any ideas about what I might be doing wrong?

Are you click-hold-moving the joystick?

No,I wasn't and that helped. However, I can't get it to go right to the dial so that I can put the number combination in. The arm stops right before it or goes beyond it. It alsmost seems to freeze and I can't move it even with the click/hold movement.

Be sure that the claw is opened or else it won't move to the right.
Later you will see that you want it to move slow when you try to position it on the gear wheel.

Hi Rushes and MaG! Thank you so much for your replies. Here is the list of things I have in my inventory:

Magnetic card
Victim pictures x 5
Files on Benson
Printout with company offices locations
Printout with plant occurrence areas
Tweezers
Evidence bag (empty)
Secured Box Wrapping (The wrapping of the box in an evidence bag)
Protective gloves

I tried enter the lab without talking to Wang and I still couldn't leave, even if I had not given him the box wrapping or done anything at all. I think I might end up accepting your kind offer Rushes, if it's not too much trouble for you.

Is Wang still in the lab with you? In my game at this point he's nowhere to be seen. I also appear to have the same items as you in inventory and am able to leave the lab.

I'll send you my last save before going down to the Monitoring room and hopefully that will get you moving again. Check your e-mail in a few minutes.

Thank you so much Rushes, your save worked! Nicole left the lab without any complaints. What a relief!
I noticed you had the green marker in your inventory but I didn't have it in mine so I gave it a try and picked up the marker before entering the lab. But, nope. Nicole still refused to leave the lab both before I talked to Wang and after he was gone. So weird.

Glad you're up and running now. Enjoy the game!