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If modifying the .inf file does not work, try installing the
"unofficial"
Native USB
Mass Storage Driver for Win98SE:
http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php

Although not specifically for cell phones, it may see it as a
removable
drive, the
way XP does. It's worth a try.



Sorry for not responding sooner. My new provider kept saying there
were
no
new messages. Their usenet policy is not quite clear to me yet, they
seem to
concentrate on local groups and pornography. But they are cheap.

The laptop in question is a Compaq. As you probably know, that is a
hostile
environment for a lot of software that runs impeccably on normal
machines.
Following the instructions for the Native USB Mass Storage Driver, I
removed
all existing USB devices. After reboot the mouse was dead and the
screen
looked like one of these Rohrschach tests they use in psycho
analysis...
Fortunately Win98 has a safe mode.
Modifying the *.inf files also doesn't work. USB-View shows only hex
info,
the *.inf contain alphanumerics.
Thanks for trying,

I assume then that you are using a USB mouse. Removing the USB entries
in
Device
Manager will of course prervent the USB ports from working. You should
use a PS/2
mouse while doing this preocedure.

I'm not sure how you got the display problems. Which version of the
Native driver
did you install, and did you choose the correct driver package (Win98
or
Win989SE)?
There are both versions 2.x and 3.x. I have had better luck with their
2.x version,
but others may have different views.


I'll give it another try tomorrow.
That the display went crazy must have been caused by static electricity
or
from plugging in AC power. I used the reset button to reboot and went to
safe mode to reenable the drivers. The display was OK then.
I downloaded Maximus Decim Native USB ver. 3.2 for 98SE, English.
There is one driver called openhci.sys version 4.10.2222 for what the
device
manager calls "Compaq PCI to USB Open Host Controller". I disabled that
one
also. Was that perhaps wrong?

OK, let's back up a minute. First of all, you should NOT be DISABLING
anything in
Device Manager.

I believe the instructions for version 3.x drivers at the Maximus Decim
website may
be misleading. The version 3.x drivers install support for USB mass
storage devices
and also for USB 2.0 ports if you have USB 2.0-capable ports in your
system.

Before installing, you are to uninstall any installed drivers for your USB
mass
storage devices (flash drives, hard drive enclosures, etc). Those drivers
should
have an uninstall entry in Add/Remove Programs.

If you have a USB 2.0-capable system, I suspect all the USB Root Hubs, and
the USB
*Enhanced* Host Controller, would have to be removed from Device Manager,
but I
don't see why the standard USB Controller would need to be removed. If
your system
only has USB 1.1-capable ports (and if it came with Win98SE loaded
originally, it is
pre-USB 2.0), there should be no reason to remove *any* of the USB
Controllers or
Root Hubs.

I do not use the version 3.x Maximus Decim driver; I use the version 2.x
driver,
which does not add support for USB 2.0.....I don't need it because
although my
system has USB 2.0 ports, it already has USB 2.0 drivers for Win98SE
installed from
my motherboard manufacturer's driver disc, and there is no good reason to
replace
them with a generic.

Likewise, if your system only has USB 1.1 ports, you don't need USB 2.0
support.
You can still install the version 3.x drivers, and it will supposedly
simply not
install USB 2.0 support on your system....but in that case I see no need
to remove
any of the USB entries from Device Manager.

Just UNINSTALL via Add/Remove Programs any manufacturer's drivers for the
flash
drives or the phone or whatever. What you DO need to do in Device Manager
with
either version of the driver, is remove all entries in the "Other"
category, if it
exists....and you must be sure you have NOT DISABLED any of the USB
Controllers or
Hubs. If there is an entry for your phone as a storage device, remove it
also, so
there is no entry anywhere that references the device you are planning to
support.

I don't recall if I mentioned it in this thread earlier (I have in
others), I use
version 2.4e rather than the 3.x version you downloaded, and it has worked
with
every flash drive I have tried. It is a simpler installation and probably
all you
need to test if the generic driver will work with your phone.

Uninstall the version 3.x driver via Add/Remove, make sure your USB Root
Hubs and
Host Controllers are enabled in Device Manager, reboot, then download and
install
version 2.4e of the generic driver for 98SE:
http://www.technical-assistance.co.u...rs/nusb24e.exe

Run the installer, then reboot, and insert your device to see if it works.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+


Installed "nusb24e.exe" the way you indicated. After connecting a Samsung
stick, Windows went through the motion of searching for and installing a
mass storage driver twice, then decided the device could be used. The stick
was accessible as a removable disk. But the camera is completely ignored.
The difference between the two is probably that the stick immediately shouts
it is a storage device, but the camera upon detection of a powered USB cable
starts a program that mimics such a device. There is a 3-4 seconds delay
before the program is active, it is released as soon as the USB plug is
pulled out. But is was worth a try....