I am sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, but I have been ill.
I am a Windows developer with over 15 years of experience and several years of experience in programs like JDownloader. Since this isn't actually a JDownloader problem, it is my job to try and fix the problem without asking a JDownloader developer to try and diagnose it and deal with it.
First, can you tell us the date on which you first noticed the problem?
Second, please try running going to the properties for Photoshop and setting it to run in Compatibility mode for Windows 98 or ME, with Separate memory space. Depending on your specific version of Win2K, you might need to create a shortcut to Photoshop and make the change in the shortcut. If this works, please let us know here.
If it works, you can try unchecking (unticking) Separate memory space and see if it still works.
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If that does not work, the next step is to try updating JDownloader to the development version (Nightly test version). This is an early test version that may have major changes on any day. However, it is relatively safe (I have been running Nightly for about 3 months with only one bad update).
I am overly cautions. I recommend exiting JD and backing up the entire JD directory. I also recommend saving a system restore point (even though JD does not change the system, a bug might). You can save a system restore point under Help and Support (either in your Start menu or Control panel).
To change to the Nightly version, you open a command window and change directory to the JDownloader directory (usually c:\program files\jdownloader). Then you run the batch script "windows_ALPHA.bat". This takes quite a while, because it has to replace several hundred files. The upgrade should preserve your Link List and Link status. However, you will have to reset most of your settings.
Once you are running Nightly, see if that fixes your problem. There have been some compatibility fixes that may have fixed your problem. In any case, a JD developer would want to change this in the development release instead of the old release.
If you ever need to go back to version 9.759 (the stable release), you use the windows_STABLE.bat script in the JDownloader directory. Again, you may have to reset your settings.
Once you are running the Nightly release, please report anything related to this problem in this thread (but include the JD version number) and any other problems in the Nightly Forum.
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If neither of these changes fix you problem, I will need you to collect extensive information and I will enter this as a support issue for the development team. The others who have answered your message apparently do not know what information to request.
However, because the programs are so old, it may be difficult to get them to fix an incompatibility with software that is that old. It could be anything from a DLL conflict to a mouse interrupt conflict, and the developer would probably not have either Win2K or that version of Photoshop available. If I remember correctly, old versions of Photoshop tried to lock all serial ports (including PS2 ports) when they started.
Last edited by drbits; 20.02.2010 at 22:54.
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