"C.D. Koger" <cdk@noonehome.org> wrote in message
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> "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message
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>> "C.D. Koger" <cdk@noonehome.org> wrote in message
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>> > "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message
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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.uk/drivers/nusb24e.exe
Run the installer, then reboot, and insert your device to see if it works.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+