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Old February 22nd 05, 11:03 PM
Erika
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Default upgrade to USB 2.0

I bought a usb 2.0 2 port pci card. After I installed it, Windows wanted
me to insert the Win-ME disk to find some usb drivers. I bought the
system with windows preinstalled and all I have are some system recovery
disks (which require complete reformatting). I don't have an ME disk.

What should I do now?

Thanks!

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Old February 22nd 05, 11:19 PM
Mike M
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Win Me doesn't include support for usb 2. You should have received the
usb 2 drivers with the PCI card when you bought it, if not check the
manufacturer's web site.
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Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Erika wrote:

I bought a usb 2.0 2 port pci card. After I installed it, Windows
wanted me to insert the Win-ME disk to find some usb drivers. I
bought the system with windows preinstalled and all I have are some
system recovery disks (which require complete reformatting). I don't
have an ME disk.
What should I do now?

Thanks!


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Old February 23rd 05, 01:51 AM
Erika
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Mike M wrote:
Win Me doesn't include support for usb 2. You should have received the
usb 2 drivers with the PCI card when you bought it, if not check the
manufacturer's web site.


Thanks for writing, Mike! It did include a cd with drivers, but when I
try to install it, it keeps asking for different usb dll's, like
hotplug.dll, usbd.sys, etc, and also openhci.sys.

I made a list of what it's asking for. It looks like I could find most
of these drivers etc on the internet. Where would I put them?

I went to System properties - Device manager - usb etc and the yellow
marks are gone.

Do you think it would be safe to try out some of my USB devices and see
if devices work when they're plugged in? I don't want anything to break.
I know I have hot plug on my system because I have a camera card reader
that I plug in and unplug via the system tray.

I bought a new external hard drive and that's really what I want the USB
2.0 port for.

Thanks so much!!!


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Old February 23rd 05, 02:39 AM
Erika
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Mike M wrote:
Look on your PC for the file BASE2.CAB and if located make a note of the
directory containing this file. Now install your usb 2 drivers and when
it asks for you to insert the Win Me CD point it instead at the folder
containing BASE2.CAB and it should then find the files it needs and
complete the installation.


I don't have BASE2.CAB.

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Old February 23rd 05, 02:57 AM
Mike M
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Are you really certain about that? Is it perhaps in a folder on a
different partition? If you really don't have BASE2.CAB and the rest of
the Win Me cab files then you really have been screwed by the company that
manufactured your PC - I just hope I never buy one from the same company.
Unlikely of course as I build my own but such deliberate action by the
company is disgraceful.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Erika wrote:

Mike M wrote:
Look on your PC for the file BASE2.CAB and if located make a note of
the directory containing this file. Now install your usb 2 drivers
and when it asks for you to insert the Win Me CD point it instead at
the folder containing BASE2.CAB and it should then find the files it
needs and complete the installation.


I don't have BASE2.CAB.


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Old February 23rd 05, 04:13 AM
Erika
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Mike M wrote:
Are you really certain about that? Is it perhaps in a folder on a
different partition? If you really don't have BASE2.CAB and the rest of
the Win Me cab files then you really have been screwed by the company
that manufactured your PC - I just hope I never buy one from the same
company. Unlikely of course as I build my own but such deliberate action
by the company is disgraceful.


Well, when I was trying to install this thing and it kept asking for the
WIN-ME cd, that is exactly how I felt! I paid for a legit copy of the
OS and it should be available to me. Of course, that was 4 years ago.
Live & learn.

Anyway, I just searched again and no dice. The cab files are probably on
the system recovery disks but they're not accessible unless you know
where they are.

So now what?

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Hugs, Erika
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Old February 23rd 05, 04:34 AM
Mike M
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Have you checked your recovery disk? Look for a folder called Win9x and
see if that contains the Win Me cab set. The problem here is that
recovery disks are produced by the computer manufacturer's rather than
Microsoft and their composition varies. Since you received a recovery
disk with your PC when you bought it and this can be used to restore the
PC to the state it was in when purchased the company concerned has
fulfilled their obligations to Microsoft.

As for solving you more immediate problem, I have no other suggestion. At
one time the driver files required for Win Me to install usb 1 ports were
available for download from the net (from a third party site, not
Microsoft) but that is no longer the case. They have either been removed
because of copyright problems or because Win Me is now getting on a bit
with many less users than four or five years ago. You could of course
contact the computer manufacturer as they are legally obliged to provide
support for Win Me as part of their contract with Microsoft.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Erika wrote:

Mike M wrote:
Are you really certain about that? Is it perhaps in a folder on a
different partition? If you really don't have BASE2.CAB and the
rest of the Win Me cab files then you really have been screwed by
the company that manufactured your PC - I just hope I never buy one
from the same company. Unlikely of course as I build my own but such
deliberate action by the company is disgraceful.


Well, when I was trying to install this thing and it kept asking for
the WIN-ME cd, that is exactly how I felt! I paid for a legit copy
of the OS and it should be available to me. Of course, that was 4
years ago. Live & learn.

Anyway, I just searched again and no dice. The cab files are probably
on the system recovery disks but they're not accessible unless you
know where they are.

So now what?


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Old February 23rd 05, 05:50 AM
Erika
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Mike M wrote:
Have you checked your recovery disk? Look for a folder called Win9x and
see if that contains the Win Me cab set.


At one time the driver files required for Win Me to install usb 1 ports
were available for download from the net (from a third party site, not
Microsoft) but that is no longer the case.


It's hard to find anything on the recovery disks. I have 2 recovery
disks, 1 driver disk and 1 application disk. Will the cab files be on
the recovery disks?

If I CAN find the drivers on the net, where should I put them?
C:\windows, C:\windows\system ??

Will I break anything if I try the USB ports the way they are?


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Hugs, Erika
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Old February 23rd 05, 07:22 AM
Noel Paton
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Mike
The ,SYS files are available for download from here
http://www.usbman.com/Drivers%20and%20Patches.htm
although the usbauth.sys file link appears to be broken - it should be
http://www.usbman.com/WebDrivers/Win...es/usbauth.sys

(the only difference being the upper-case D in WinDrivers)


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"Mike M" wrote in message
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Have you checked your recovery disk? Look for a folder called Win9x and
see if that contains the Win Me cab set. The problem here is that
recovery disks are produced by the computer manufacturer's rather than
Microsoft and their composition varies. Since you received a recovery
disk with your PC when you bought it and this can be used to restore the
PC to the state it was in when purchased the company concerned has
fulfilled their obligations to Microsoft.

As for solving you more immediate problem, I have no other suggestion. At
one time the driver files required for Win Me to install usb 1 ports were
available for download from the net (from a third party site, not
Microsoft) but that is no longer the case. They have either been removed
because of copyright problems or because Win Me is now getting on a bit
with many less users than four or five years ago. You could of course
contact the computer manufacturer as they are legally obliged to provide
support for Win Me as part of their contract with Microsoft.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Erika wrote:

Mike M wrote:
Are you really certain about that? Is it perhaps in a folder on a
different partition? If you really don't have BASE2.CAB and the
rest of the Win Me cab files then you really have been screwed by
the company that manufactured your PC - I just hope I never buy one
from the same company. Unlikely of course as I build my own but such
deliberate action by the company is disgraceful.


Well, when I was trying to install this thing and it kept asking for
the WIN-ME cd, that is exactly how I felt! I paid for a legit copy
of the OS and it should be available to me. Of course, that was 4
years ago. Live & learn.

Anyway, I just searched again and no dice. The cab files are probably
on the system recovery disks but they're not accessible unless you
know where they are.

So now what?




 




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