WinXP and drivers....

ykt0di9url7bc3

There are four modems that have driver probs with XP
askey cnr v.92
aztech cnr v.92
smart link 56k
Intel ham data fax modem....

was there other hardware that XP identified but installed the wrong drivers or non-certified MS drivers?

Saruman

check the HCL on microsft, i think www.microsft.com/hcl

that will tell you if its supported or not, if not your screwed unless either the manufacturers bring out working drivers or a service pack addresses the problem.

i dont think the HCL is there any more... but its there somewhere...

ykt0di9url7bc3

Cheers, another site to bookmark!

strat

Originally posted by SearrarD
There are four modems that have driver probs with XP
askey cnr v.92
aztech cnr v.92
smart link 56k
Intel ham data fax modem....

was there other hardware that XP identified but installed the wrong drivers or non-certified MS drivers?

*shudder*
yuck

in my line of work i come across those **** modems every day and they cause all sorts or probs in XP

its all cause the manufactures - better not name names - just lobbed in the win2k drivers when assembling the machines, theres a fix for 3 of them on the smart link webiste - www.smlink.com

smartlink make the askey and the aztec aswell

ykt0di9url7bc3

Try telling PC-illiterate guy that even though he just sepnta small leg on a new PC, that the reason his internet doesnt work is because his modem is using the wrong driver...
He thinks that we provide the internet, and the problem cant be with his PC cause its new and computers dont make mistakes....
yeah, AOL own the internet and keep it in little baskets and hand it out for 14.99 a month....

again MS fu<ked up royal...

again good advice: Everyone should check for driver updates once a month

sisob

there are loads of people using scanners and other hardware that isnt supported anymore - sm56 motorolam modems spring to mind - that will never work in XP

ykt0di9url7bc3

I thought that that motorola modem was not supported cause it uses a crap UART....

ne who...I'll check for those scanners....

Kairo

What the heck is the deal with XP and modems? It's like they've given up on modems all together for this release. I've gone through 3 in the last week.

It's all those other Countries with their broadband connections....Microsoft never would have expected such a backwards country as our fair isle

Dempsey

Epson GT-7000 Photo has no signed driver and the scanner came with a scsi controller and they don't bother to make a driver for it. The B@$tards.