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No USB Support for Win NT

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by lcrowder

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I would be perfectly happy to upgrade to Win 2000 if it worked. I did install it and later regtetted it. It didn't recognize one of my HDDs as being UDMA, it kept losing one of my CD ROM drives, when I used my scanner, it would install it 15 times, explorer kept putting the wrong password in and I would have to manually type it in every time I logged onto the web, and lastly it ran way slower than NT4. Also, I forgot, neither my mike nor my keyboard (synthesizer) works in 2000. I wish pressure could be put on Microsoft to write a patch for USB support in NT4.

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by xxx123

Well, unfortunately there's no chance MS is going to fulfill your wish. You can do what I did, which is go the route of multiple machines. Even a 4-year-old PC can run Windows 98. Get a couple network cards and a hub and you're in business. Life is a little more complex, but there's usually a way to do almost anything if you're willing to spend a little money and a LOT of time!

by larry23

Some USB products work fine on NT4. For instance, I installed a USB IOMEGA Zip drive on an NT4 Workstation and it works just fine.
It's up to the vendor to write/provide the appropriate software drivers to make their products work.
You may want tocheck the Microsoft Hardware Compatibility List to see if all your hardware is compatible before making the change to a new OS.

by naamor

It seems like there is more to this problem than 2000.
You have posted that you have had trouble with HDD, CD-ROM, mikes, and keyboards.
You might want to start by taking a look at your hardware configuration.
I am running 3 systems with 2000. A 200Mhz, a 350Mhz, and a 1 gig. All my systems run well on 2000 and are significantly faster than running them with NT4.

by ebob

I have had similar positive experiences with W2K. I find my W2K systems run at least as fast when compared with their NT4 results, and have had no deep issues as described at the start of this thread.

I would strongly suggest that the real problems with the kbd, cd etc. be investigated.

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