Beware - Windows Users of Palm/Handspring PDAs

I have an old Handspring Visor Deluxe which works fine.
Recently, however, whenever doing a hotsync my Windows
XP system would crash! This was strange because it had
worked for years.

It turns out, and http://w
ww.palmzone.net/viewtopic.php?t=3486
confirms this, that the problem is caused by the fact that
the Palm USB driver doesn't work on dual processor (real
or hyperthreaded) systems! Since I had just changed my
desktop
to a dual-core machine, I was hitting this bug. Since
there's
a good change that virtually every new machine these days
will be
dual core, this problem might hit you too.

The temporary solution is simple. Using the Task Manager,
you can set CPU Affinity to CPU 0. Doing this solves the
problem.

Cordially,
-- 
Jon Forrest
forrestce.berkeley.edu
Computer Resources Manager
Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept.
305 Davis Hall
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-1710
510-642-0904


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John, that thing is ancient; it's time for an upgrade:

http://tinyurl.com/fqw2g

Jon Forrest wrote:

> I have an old Handspring Visor Deluxe which works fine.
> Recently, however, whenever doing a hotsync my Windows
> XP system would crash! This was strange because it had
> worked for years.
> 
> It turns out, and http://w
ww.palmzone.net/viewtopic.php?t=3486
> confirms this, that the problem is caused by the fact
that
> the Palm USB driver doesn't work on dual processor
(real
> or hyperthreaded) systems! Since I had just changed my
desktop
> to a dual-core machine, I was hitting this bug. Since
there's
> a good change that virtually every new machine these
days will be
> dual core, this problem might hit you too.
> 
> The temporary solution is simple. Using the Task
Manager,
> you can set CPU Affinity to CPU 0. Doing this solves
the problem.
> 
> Cordially,

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