CTFJ & PC lockups?

I tried the ctfj utility and found it very useful. After installing and configuring it, all was well. However, the PC then started locking up randomly. In one day, I must have rebooted it 6 to 8 times. It was never that bad before, so I thought back to see what had changed recently, and ctfj was the only thing that came to mind. So, I closed the ctfj application. Now the PC has been humming along for 24 hours without a single lockup. This could just be coincidence, but I doubt it. Is anyone else having their PC lockup more than usual with ctfj installed? By the way, running Windows 98 Second Edition, Celeron 300A at 450MHz 2.0V, 128M SDRAM, Creative Labs TNT AGP, Vortex PCI sound card. This machine will reliably run GPL all day long :) Thanks, Keith.

I've used version 2 for months and version 3 for about 3 weeks. Great program that has made my sim life MUCH more pleasant with no problems. Never have run it all the time, though. Jerry Morelock

>I tried the ctfj utility and found it very useful. After installing and >configuring it, all was well. However, the PC then started locking up randomly. >In one day, I must have rebooted it 6 to 8 times. It was never that bad before, >so I thought back to see what had changed recently, and ctfj was the only thing >that came to mind... I had a couple of reports early on with the 2.10 version and a particular sim, Flanker as I recall, where it would hang when the sim exited, but nobody has complained about anything other than that. It might be something in W98SE. I've only seen a beta of that, it didn't look like any of the joystick components (VJOYD, etc.) had changed at all, but it could be some updated system DLL involved in the Configuration Editor that's causing it. Do you get any sort of error message when it hangs? - Bob The StickWorks http://www.stickworks.com

Ok, I'll bite. What the hell is CTFJ -Larry

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> >I tried the ctfj utility and found it very useful. After installing and > >configuring it, all was well. However, the PC then started locking up > >randomly. In one day, I must have rebooted it 6 to 8 times. It was never > >that bad before, so I thought back to see what had changed recently, and > >ctfj was the only thing that came to mind... > I had a couple of reports early on with the 2.10 version and a particular > sim, Flanker as I recall, where it would hang when the sim exited, but > nobody has complained about anything other than that. It might be > something in W98SE. I've only seen a beta of that, it didn't look like any > of the joystick components (VJOYD, etc.) had changed at all, but it could > be some updated system DLL involved in the Configuration Editor that's > causing it. Do you get any sort of error message when it hangs? > - Bob > The StickWorks http://www.stickworks.com

it is a shareware utility that was originally developed to deal with Win95's problem of not being able to center a joystick during calibration. Hence the name.... Center The F*&#)*# Joystick CTFJ But the little program has evolved into a pretty nifty item that allows you to tailor how much reaction your stick measures. Many guys here have been using it to Desensitize(new word) their brake pedals for GPL so that they are less prone to lock up. Of course if the FIA found out about this they would ban monitors to stop sim drivers from using driver aids... dave henrie -- On May 17, 1999 A Whale was killed off the coast of Washington State. The Whale was killed in the name of Tradition.....I say.... %&#& Tradition! >Ok, I'll bite. >What the hell is CTFJ >-Larry >> >I tried the ctfj utility and found it very useful. After installing and >> >configuring it, all was well. However, the PC then started locking up >> >randomly. In one day, I must have rebooted it 6 to 8 times. It was never >> >that bad before, so I thought back to see what had changed recently, and >> >ctfj was the only thing that came to mind... >> I had a couple of reports early on with the 2.10 version and a particular >> sim, Flanker as I recall, where it would hang when the sim exited, but >> nobody has complained about anything other than that. It might be >> something in W98SE. I've only seen a beta of that, it didn't look like any >> of the joystick components (VJOYD, etc.) had changed at all, but it could >> be some updated system DLL involved in the Configuration Editor that's >> causing it. Do you get any sort of error message when it hangs? >> - Bob >> The StickWorks http://www.stickworks.com