I've thought about installing a couple of USB ports in my PC, but according to the information on the product boxes you have to have Win98. In checking further I discovered that Win95 version 2.1 or 2.5 apparently has the software needed to make this work using Win95. As per Microsoft's site info, if I have an OEM copy of Win95 I should contact my OEM. This I did, but they say they don't support third party software/hardware. Is there a board available that will work in a Win95 setup or can I simply copy the files from a copy of Win98 perhaps?

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Although Windows 95 OSR2 technically supports USB, only Windows 98 comes with full support. If the manufacturer of the device says that Windows 98 is required, Windows 95 is most likely not supported. If you're not sure, you can always try it and see if the drivers will install.

See Top five reasons why Windows doesn't support your hardware for more information.

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Win 95 osr1 does not support usb, but all of the other versions do. if you have the oem cd of win95b osr2 or the upgrade its on the cd in the /other/usb dir just click setup problems: usb is an enhancement to low level services and microsux disn't EVER get it quite right, so even though the new usb standard is so much faster ms has deliberately excluded it from xp and the other 3 new versions of windows. besides B>G> has recently invested in hardware of the non usb type. don't despair! you have to start with a clean version of win 95 no other software or updates allowed then put in USBSUP.EXE then mb/oem drivers then regular drivers then windows patches and upgrades then etc if you have more than 1 usb port you can hotswap but if you have more than 1 usb bus you need to reinstall the drivers for the usb hardware and disable them off the other then it works fine i wuz all over the net 4 months lookin 4 info on this, denada,... i figed it out the hard way it sounds hard but it is easy i have 3 built in usb buses and one add on bus 4 a total of 8 ports and they all work fine, ive fixed like 25 systems with the same problem :) good luck! -ta

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forgot to mention, if you cant find the usb setup file its on the ms download board

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Nice to findout that all I need is the hardware USD Drivers. Makes life much easier with 95c


On Wednesday, August 15, 2001 at 3:57 am, LLayr wrote:
>
>Win 95 osr1 does not support usb, but all of the other versions do. if you have the
>oem cd of win95b osr2 or the upgrade its on the cd in the /other/usb dir just click
>setup
>problems: usb is an enhancement to low level services and microsux disn't EVER get
>it quite right, so even though the new usb standard is so much faster ms has deliberately
>excluded it from xp and the other 3 new versions of windows. besides B>G> has recently
>invested in hardware of the non usb type. don't despair! you have to start with a
>clean version of win 95 no other software or updates allowed then put in USBSUP.EXE
>then mb/oem drivers then regular drivers then windows patches and upgrades then etc
>if you have more than 1 usb port you can hotswap but if you have more than 1 usb
>bus you need to reinstall the drivers for the usb hardware and disable them off the
>other then it works fine
>i wuz all over the net 4 months lookin 4 info on this, denada,... i figed it out
>the hard way it sounds hard but it is easy i have 3 built in usb buses and one add
>on bus 4 a total of 8 ports and they all work fine, ive fixed like 25 systems with
>the same problem :)
>good luck!
>-ta
>

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