In message , Rich
newtech writes:
I was unable to remove from the "add/remove" progams so i'm just going to
re-install the os. What does FWIW mean? Also, thanks for the new link. I'll
try those drivers after i get my internet connection. I would try to find an
ethernet pccard but again i am trying to fix this for my brother and he was
going to throw it away. I'm already into if for $65 for parts not counting
about a week's worth of time trying to get it done. Then another $30 to ship
it back to him (he's in georgia and i'm in CA)So i'm not ready to spend any
more on it. Plus i think he is going to have "dial up" so he'll be able to us
the pc card. It gets to a point when it will make more sense for him to get a
newer used machine close to where he is. But thanks for the help. Hopefully
this will solve the problem.
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(FWIW=for what it's worth.) IME (in my experience), the universal USB
drivers you had (the "Maximus Decim Generic USB Driver") can cause
problems if installed on a system which already has drivers for USB
devices on it (I've even had it break Windows altogether). Conversely,
I've installed it as more or less the first thing on a newly-rebuilt
machine (one I bought for 75 pounds - for a friend who wanted one -
which had just more or less had the OS installed), and it works fine. If
I rebuild a system from scratch, I might use it. Though I'd be more
likely to use soporific's UBCD alis "Windows 98 tenth anniversary
edition" - I've built two machines from scratch using that and it is
good, I've only had problems with trying to use it on an existing system
- and that has a universal USB driver included; I'm not sure if it's the
Maximus Decim one, though I think it is.

Though having said that, I'm pleased to see you managed to get things
sorted with the Italian-based one glee pointed you too, which I'm now
going to look at: I like the idea of one that _doesn't_ have to be
installed first, as it were.
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outdated thoughts on PCs. **

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