This may help:

USB Devices Do Not Work Correctly and You Receive "Could Not Load the Device
Driver" Error Message
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=299264

General USB Troubleshooting in Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and
Windows Me
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=263218

PattyL


"paucolpitts2" wrote in message
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I installed my new USB flash drive using the Win 98 drivers provided. Even
though Windows recognised the driver after reboot, My Computer never
displays
the drive - Device Manager reports some sort of problem with ntkern.vxd -
what on earth does this mean?