Archive for the 'File transfer' Category

Installing the USB to Serial adapter in Mac OS X

Monday, June 4th, 2007

Unfortunately installing the USB to Serial adapter in Mac OS X isn’t as intuitive as it is in other OS’s. So here’s the steps to install our part number SW-1301 or other USB to Serial adapters that use the prolific chipset:
(make sure the cable is not currently connected to the computer)
1 - Find and [...]

Win-Interlnk and Win-Intersvr with Windows Vista

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

If you are a fan of Win-Interlnk and Win-Intersvr, and just got a new vista machine, then don’t worry. The driver that Win-Interlnk uses to mount the client Fat16 drive is compatible with Vista. The only thing that you will need to be weary of is if Vista tells you that the drive has not [...]

Quatech Parallel PCMCIA + FastLynx = Needs Configuration

Friday, November 17th, 2006

Here are some very easy instructions to get the Quatech Parallel PCMCIA card working with FastLynx:
1. Install the Quatech card and drivers
2. Open the Quatech Parallel Port properties in device manager
3. Click on Resources tab
4. [...]

Fastlynx over a crossover cable

Friday, March 24th, 2006

Manually assign an IP address to each computer.

Start with your Connecting machine.

In the Control Panel open the Network Connections and find your Ethernet adapter.
Right click and select Properties.
Select the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) connection and press the Properties button.
On the General tab, select the radio [...]

Transferring Outlook with Fastlynx

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

Getting the data from your old computer to your new computer can be a lot of time and work. Fastlynx can facilitate the backup of your data and files. However not your programs.
One of the trickier aspects is transferring your outlook data to the new computer, with your address book and other information. [...]

New Build of FastLynx

Friday, March 3rd, 2006

We wanted to let all of our customers who may be using FastLynx for file transfer know that we released a new build a few days ago. The new version includes a 64-bit USB driver for 64-bit versions of Windows XP.
We are excited to offer this feature to our customers - as always please free [...]

Bypassing the “Abnormal Shutdown” dialog box in FastLynx

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

A FastLynx user (let’s call him Steve) ran into an interesting problem. Steve’s application requires that FastLynx be running all the time. However, Steve’s computer suffers from semi-frequent power outages–sometimes at times when Steve is not around to restart FastLynx manually. So, Steve put FastLynx into the Windows Startup folder. Good [...]

Antivirus Programs

Friday, January 6th, 2006

Many Antivirus programs block virus programs from installing. Those crazy antivirus programs work too well at times, and have been known to block genuine programs from installing. One of customers told us of FastLynx struggling to install on his Windows 98 machine. If you experience the same problem, and you have a “really good” anti-virus [...]

Migration Software and FastLynx

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

People often ask us if they can use FastLynx to transfer programs from one computer to another. FastLynx cannot do this operation. FastLynx was made primarily for transferring all sorts of files between computers, whether for backup, restoration, or just plain fun. Transferring software bewteen computers is called Software Migration. While this may have been [...]

USB transfer

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

A cutomer recently was having sporatic problems with a USB transfer in Fastlynx 3.3. It was acting similar to the errors with the incompatible USB controllers, (He was using the Intel 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller in a Sony Laptop) He connected the bridge cable to a USB hub, and stopped having troubles.
If [...]