Hi group. I recently received my GB Transferer 2 and GB SMART CARD
(32M) from hkems.com.

I'm interested in putting LSDJ on the cartridge, but I'm having
difficulty figuring it out.

First, no one's asked about Windows Vista in this group yet (at least
not that I can find from searching); I'm assuming that's because the
answer for Vista is "No effin' way"? :) I've seen some suggestion that
not even XP will work? Anyway, my first attempts have been in Vista.
I'm running the "GB Smart Writer" program from the CD that came with
the Transferer (CD:\GBv2.3.5 (2k XP)\GBSWPRE.EXE).

I've tried running the program as Administrator, and in a variety of
compatibility modes (including Windows 98). Same results regardless.
The trouble starts as soon as I double-click the executable. I get an
error messagebox that says "Access violation at address 772DA530 in
module 'ntdll.dll'. Write of address 0045EB80". But after clicking OK
on the messagebox, the program does seem to open OK. (I can
successfully "Open File(s)" and browse to the lsdj.gb file that I
purchased from littlesounddj.com.)

But, that being said, the "Status" at the bottom says "Error 452:
connection problems" the whole time. I've jiggled the cables (USB
power and serial connection), disconnected and reconnected them a few
times, and started and restarted the program a few times. No matter
what I do, I can't seem to get G.B. Smart Writer to see the Smart
Card. When I click Download or Upload, I get a "Please insert Smart
Card, Try Again!" message.

I've verified that the port selected in GB Smart Writer ("LPT1
(378H)") seems to match my "Printer Port (LPT1)" in Device Manager
("I/O Range: 0378 - 037F").

Any other ideas?

Thanks very much in advance,

Michael