How do I make the USB ports work with Win95 B?

MidiGuy

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I have installed Win95 "B" on my computer - the CD actually says "With USB Support". How do I get the USB ports to work? I have a Soyo SY-K7V Dragon Plus! motherboard. It recognizes them as USB ports, but they don't seem to work, and they're listed under the Other Devices catagory in the Device Manager. I can't seem to get the drivers installed.

I would greatly appreciate any help!

-Midi

P.S. Before everyone starts saying "Why would you install Win95?", it's temporary and for testing purposes, but I really need those USB ports! :D
 

Ladies Man

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does windows update still work with that??

if so try and download the 150+ mb worth of updates it probably has by now for it :)
 

AndyHui

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You need to install the USBSUPP.EXE USB Support Update patch.

By default, this is not installed. It is located on the Win95 CD.
 

Mitzi

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Even if you do manage to get the USB ports to work, they will be very flaky!

Suggest upgrading to Win98SE or better!
 

bacillus

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<< Before everyone starts saying "Why would you install Win95?", it's temporary and for testing purposes, but I really need those USB ports! >>


ok, I won't comment on this! :)
 

MidiGuy

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<< You need to install the USBSUPP.EXE USB Support Update patch. By default, this is not installed. It is located on the Win95 CD. >>


Thanks! I found that between when I made this post and now. At first it made Win95 not start up, but I just had to run the update to make it compatible with higher-speed Athlon processors again. It also seemed like I had to uninstall the USB ports from the Other Devices section and restart to let Windows detect them correctly. Now that I got them working, I found that the printer I was testing really doesn't work with Windows 95! Pretty unusual.....