action replay hookup problem

My kid got an Action Replay for the Nintendo DS for Xmas and we are trying to
hook it up to download new codes for a game that wasn't preloaded. To do
this you hook the DS with the Action Replay card inserted to one of the USB
ports. My computer is not recognizing the Action Replay is hooked up.

We have installed the software and let it get the latest update. If you go
into the control panel and then to the device manager it shows the NDS link
hooked up and if you have it update the drivers it checks them and says the
latest update is installed and working. But when you run the software the
window that shows the Action Replay/Nintendo DS just stays on "waiting for
DS" and the DS itself shows: "Now ready to update Action Replay DS. Please
connect your PC via USB to receive updates." I seem to have a pipeline
with no water flowing through it so to speak.

Any ideas how to resolve this?


--Barb

Okay, so this Christmas, I got a new computer, and have vista,,, and I
now have the same problem the lady above had last year... after one
year, it is still not compatible???? I'm not liking this Vista
program.....
Mich


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michtarts

michtarts <> wrote in
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> Okay, so this Christmas, I got a new computer, and have vista,,, and I
> now have the same problem the lady above had last year... after one
> year, it is still not compatible???? I'm not liking this Vista
> program.....

So a piece of hardware (assume you mean Action Replay, it sounds like a
DVR something) that needs drivers to run correctly in Windows, doesn't
have drivers for Vista. Even though Vista has been on the market for 2
years and in public development for 5 years.

So how exactly is this Vista's fault? Is it Microsoft's responsibility to
ensure all software works with their new OS? Well it sort of is, and MS
has been fairly good at working with developers who would like to get
their older products working correctly with Vista.

There are several applications were simply "poorly coded", and while that
may of passed the muster with XP, Vista pretty much doesn't play that
game.

MS has had guidelines for accessing files in Windows since NT4 (Win2k),
and not much has changed since. NT5 (xp) was the last OS to be "lax" on
the rules in regards to file access and other Windows OS standards. With
NT6 (Vista), any applications not following the "rules" simply would not
run.

So talk to the software manufacturers, or just get an old XP system
running.

Now if this hardware or software you're trying to use still doesn't have
drivers available now, and the product was released before Vista, chances
are it's never going to have drivers or support for Vista.

Check with the maker of the product and see what they have to say.

--
Joe