Windows 98 USB

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Hi

I have just bought an ELMSCAN 5 but cannot install the USB drivers on two laptops with Win 98 first edition.   It all works fine on another laptop running XP but I would prefer to use an old laptop in case it gets damaged.

Do I need to update to Win 98 SE ?   Because the laptops are so old they are not man enough to run XP.

Any ideas?

[Weston@PPE]

First thing to try is using the latest version of the drivers for Windows 98. You can get them here:
http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm

Even on that site, it has the same driver for Windows 98-ME. The next big update from 98 is Windows 2000. If you still couldn't get the drivers to work, I think that Windows 2000 would be the oldest version that would have a chance to work. I had an old laptop (200 MHz) that ran Windows 2000 just fine, but I don't know just how slow your laptops are.

[toprngr]

I believe that the driver is not compatible with the windows that you are intending on using. In fact, if there are no drivers that could support windows 98, I would suggest you to upgrade to window XP as it would be a lot easier to solve your problem. Windows 98 is a bit old and there are quite a number of things that it could not support. Try the options out, if you can’t get it to work, jump to XP then.

[jamec9869]

First thing to try is using the latest version of the drivers for Windows 98. You can get them here:
http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm

Even on that site, it has the same driver for Windows 98-ME. The next big update from 98 is Windows 2000. If you still couldn't get the drivers to work, I think that Windows 2000 would be the oldest version that would have a chance to work. I had an old laptop (200 MHz) that ran Windows 2000 just fine, but I don't know just how slow your laptops are.

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