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by vze278gm

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Can an USB be used on an NT platform?If so where do I get the Hardware and or software?

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vze278gm@verizon.net

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by mckaytech

The answer above gives the software part of the answer. Their product is about $80 or so.

For the hardware part, if your motherboard already supports USB, you just need to buy the adapter that plugs into the pin-header connector on your motherboard and provides a dual USB connector. Belkin makes one that is about $10-$20. If your motherboard does not support USB, you'll need to buy a USB adapter card that plugs into a PCI slot. I think that last one I bought was about $25 USD.

But formyself, I would consider an upgrade to Win2K before I would spend the money for the NT4 software add-on.

paul

by vze278gm

Thank you,
Your answer helped.I also found out that Iomega supports USB for the windows nt.4 platform.
Thanks Again,
vze278gm@verizon.net

by maxwell edison

According to Microsoft article Q196661 titled, "Windows NT 4.0 Does Not Support Universal Serial Bus".......well, the title says it all.

The article:

SUMMARY
Windows NT 4.0 does not support Universal Serial Bus (USB) host controllers. There are no plans to provide USB support in Windows NT 4.0 in a future service pack.

MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 98, and Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release versions 2.1 and 2.5 provide support for the Open Host Controller Interface (OHCI) and Universal HCI (UHCI) specifications. Microsoft provides full supportfor USB under the new Windows Driver Model (WDM).

For more information about Microsoft Windows 98 support, see the following article in the MicrosoftKnowledge Base:

Q184400 Supported Universal Serial Bus Host Controllers for Windows 98 and Windows Me.

However, I have seen reference to that being possible, but be ready to spend some $$ and jump through some hoops.

Maxwell

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Good luck,

Maxwell

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