winnt 4.0 usb support?

[LordSnailz]

There's an old system at work that runs one of our testers, it has winnt 4.0 on it but doesn't seem to have any usb support.

I want to pull some of the data collect using the thumbdrive but it's not recognized. So I'm limited to using the floppy right now. 🙁

Are there drivers I can install to enable the thumbdrive? TIA!

 

[Smilin]

NT 4.0 did not support USB at all.

You may find something 3rd party but it's a really long, longshot.


I would suggest running anything NT 4.0 in a VM. You can then access your thumbdrive via the USB support in the host OS. You can just present it as a drive to NT or as a share.

 

[RebateMonger]

I'd think you'd have more luck with just networking the PC.

 

[LordSnailz]

if it doesn't have usb support then why does it have usb ports? 🙁

 

[Smilin]

Originally posted by: LordSnailz
if it doesn't have usb support then why does it have usb ports? 🙁

You're fvcking kidding right?

 

[Lepard]

Originally posted by: Smilin

Originally posted by: LordSnailz
if it doesn't have usb support then why does it have usb ports? 🙁

You're fvcking kidding right?

Apparently he is not.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: LordSnailz
if it doesn't have usb support then why does it have usb ports? 🙁

Because Win98 (roughly same time period) did have USB support.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: LordSnailz
if it doesn't have usb support then why does it have usb ports? 🙁

Because the hardware supports USB just fine. However, that particular piece of Operating System software does not. Reformat it with Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003, etc. and the USB ports will work fine.

 

[Nothinman]

And NT 4 didn't really support hotplug either so any 3rd party USB, PCMCIA, etc support was shoddy at best.

 

[JDMnAR1]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
And NT 4 didn't really support hotplug either so any 3rd party USB, PCMCIA, etc support was shoddy at best.

...and that is being generous! 🙂

 

[bruceb]

Check out the two links below ... first one is not free .. other I think is
Either one may work .. no guarantees

http://www.usbman.com/Win%20NT%20USB%20Guide.htm

http://www.ntcompatible.com/story22577.html

 

[Smilin]

Originally posted by: JDMnAR1

Originally posted by: Nothinman
And NT 4 didn't really support hotplug either so any 3rd party USB, PCMCIA, etc support was shoddy at best.

...and that is being generous! 🙂

Aye, NT 4.0 was not a plug-n-play OS. Device PNPIDs were greek to it.

 

[pcgeek11]

" if it doesn't have usb support then why does it have usb ports? "

This is a comedy thread right?

pcgeek11