Win 95 USB Interface

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Gane - 16 Jan 2004 21:49 GMT

I understand that Windows 95 doesn't officially support
the USB interface. But a relative has a digital camera
and it is not working on his machine because Win98 is the
minimum OS required. Is there anything he can do to make
it work on his old Win95 machine?

Thanks

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philo - 16 Jan 2004 22:43 GMT

> I understand that Windows 95 doesn't officially support
> the USB interface. But a relative has a digital camera
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> Thanks

win95 has essentially no USB support

you should upgrade to win98se

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glee - 17 Jan 2004 02:26 GMT

No...if the maker of the device does not supply drivers that support the Win95B version of USB, then it will not work.

BTW, only Win95B and C have USB support available, and then only if the USB Supplements are installed....the original version of Win95, and Win95A, have no USB support whatsoever.

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> I understand that Windows 95 doesn't officially support
> the USB interface. But a relative has a digital camera
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> Thanks

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Jeff Richards - 17 Jan 2004 21:06 GMT

Don't bother trying to make the camera work with W95. Instead, buy a reader
for the memory card that the camera uses, and make sure the reader is
compatible with W95. It will probably use a parallel port interface; PCMCIA
and a floppy disc interface are other options.

When he eventually upgrades, the reader can be moved to the new machine.
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Jeff Richards
MS MVP W95/W98

> I understand that Windows 95 doesn't officially support
> the USB interface. But a relative has a digital camera
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> Thanks

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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 18 Jan 2004 22:14 GMT

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>I understand that Windows 95 doesn't officially support
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cquirke (MVP Win9x) - 19 Jan 2004 20:50 GMT

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 14:14:29 -0800,

>>I understand that Windows 95 doesn't officially support
>>the USB interface. But a relative has a digital camera
>>and it is not working on his machine because Win98 is the
>>minimum OS required. Is there anything he can do to make
>>it work on his old Win95 machine?

Win95 SR2 will support USB 1 if the USBSupp.exe is installed - but
that does not mean today's USB devices will work. The older (and less
stable) USB code for Win95SR2 requires different drivers from those
written for Win98 and later, and few vendors provide these anymore.

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