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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Here is a transcript of an IM conversation between two of our support technicians about WinInterlnk, a software program used to connect from Windows to a DOS machine running INTERSVR. WinInterlnk and WinIntersvr, as well as the original INTERLNK and INTERSVR were developed by Sewell Development Corporation. WinInterlnk and WinIntersvr are available for [...]
If you have a Windows 2000 or XP computer that crashes, and you need to retrieve data, there are a few things you should know. If you cannot get windows to boot in anything other than safe mode, then you will need to use a bootdisk to boot to DOS. With Windows XP, and 2000, [...]
If you ever find that your hardware is acting funny, then try updating the driver. If your device uses a native driver, then you will most likely be unsuccessful in finding an update. The best two sources for drivers are the company you bought the driver from, and the manufacturer of the device. You [...]