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How to enable USB on Windows-98

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by don_stolzoff

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My daughter has NT and Win98 on her system and wants to use a USB only scanner. I know that NT does not support USB, but Win98 does. The Army did not provide any drivers for USB on the Win98 install. What do I need to download and install and in what sequence? She said vendor mentioned "usbscan.sys" ??

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by thechas

Start by verifying that the AUSB ports are enabled in BIOS setup.

Then, identify who made the motherboard / chipset on the computer.
If you need help, try Belarc Advisor (www.belarc.com)
Or use the ID tools at www.motherboards.org
or www.wimsbios.com

Then, download and install the chipset drivers.

If USB had not been enabled, you will need the W98 install CD for a few files.

Reboot, and everything should work fine.

Chas

by thechas

After the USB ports are working, you likely need to install the scanner software/drivers before plugging the scanner into the USB port.

Check the installation proceedure at the scanner mfg website.

Chas

by don_stolzoff

OK, the tools you mentioned were good, but what are the files that I may need from the W98 install CD?

by thechas

Sorry, I've never watched the install closely enough to catch all the files Windows uses.

There is no "real" source to download the Windows files.
You do not need the original CD used for the install, just the same version of W98.

I found 15 or so files with USB in the file name in the Windows folders on my W98SE system.

I don't have the CD handy to browse the CAB files to see where they are stored.

Chas

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