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MizBetteye
Please explain how I go about loading windows 98 drivers
on a XP system?
thanks
on a XP system?
thanks
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Will Denny
Hi
The Win 98 drivers may not work on Win XP. Have you tried the web site for the hardware to download updated drivers?
The Win 98 drivers may not work on Win XP. Have you tried the web site for the hardware to download updated drivers?
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Walter Clayton
You don't. You go to the hardware vendor site and download XP compatible
drivers.
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drivers.
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Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
Associate Expert
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Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
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http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp|
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Bruce Chambers
Greetings --
You can't, nor should you even try, unless you actually want to
cause problems. What, specifically, are you trying to accomplish?
Bruce Chambers
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You can't, nor should you even try, unless you actually want to
cause problems. What, specifically, are you trying to accomplish?
Bruce Chambers
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Help us help you:
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
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David Candy
Only drivers for Win 98 Second Edition could work on XP. Every operating system runs several driver models, the only ones that are common to XP and 98SE is the WDM driver model. There is no common driver model with XP and 98 or 95 (but 98SE can use 98 and 95 drivers as well).
But WDM drivers may call functions that only exist on Win 2000/XP or 98SE/ME thus making the driver not compatable with the other one (or even use a new XP only function so not compat with 2000).
In short you need to suck it to see.
For older hardware look for (where the web page was last updated before XP's release)
Win 2000 drivers
Win 98 SE or Win ME drivers (if WDM drivers)
NT4 drivers.
And just see if any will work.
But WDM drivers may call functions that only exist on Win 2000/XP or 98SE/ME thus making the driver not compatable with the other one (or even use a new XP only function so not compat with 2000).
In short you need to suck it to see.
For older hardware look for (where the web page was last updated before XP's release)
Win 2000 drivers
Win 98 SE or Win ME drivers (if WDM drivers)
NT4 drivers.
And just see if any will work.