Eh? Did slowdown.exe not slow your computer down, or error out, or
what?
I'm using it on Win2K and it does indeed slow my system down. If I run
three instances of it with the top slider set all the way to "slow" I
can barely move the mouse.
I've found that there is a "sweet spot" between too much slowdown and
not enough. If I'm playing MP3s, one instance of slowdown.exe with the
slider all the way to "slow" will do it on my system, if I don't have
any other software running, I need a second instance with the slider
halfway in order for NCU to work well.
Try playing with the setting some that way and see if you can't get it
to work. I don't want to go back into the platform wars, but I wouldn't
wish Win9x on my worst enemy if there's Win2K available.
Also: at what speed are you attempting to synch?
Steve
On Wed, 07 Nov 2001 13:41:26 -0800, David Orriss Jr wrote:
>Slowdown.exe didn't work for me on my Win2k system at all... I had to boot
>into my Win98 configuration and use NCU from there. Personally I think
>there's a timing issue with how Win2k does serial coms via their
>abstraction layer. Not an issue with Win98 since you can talk directly to
>the COM port there if you want to...
>
>At 12:33 PM 11/7/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>
>>When I had this problem, it was suggested to me that I run slowdown.exe
>>to slow my computer down and avoid some timing issue in NCU. Sometimes
>>I have to run more than one instance of it, but it's made NCU usable on
>>my machine.
>>
>>http://www.thisoldnewt.com/html/hints/usefu.html
>>
>>Also find the hack to get your connection speed up to 57600bps...
>>there's a pkg for your Newt and a hacked version of NCU, and you'll
>>need both.
>>
>>Good luck!
>>
>>
>>Steve
>>
>>On Wed, 7 Nov 2001 20:52:11 +0100, compaqmaster wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >Windows 2000 NCU problem, please help.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >When I try to use the backup function in Windows I get the following
>> error message, "The connection was stopped because of a communication
>> error. (-1)". I have dual boot, and every thing works just fine in
>> windows 98, is there any body here that has any idea as to what I can do,
>> or where I can turn for help. Thanks in advance for any help being offered.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Mads
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Denmark
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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