Actually Windows 98 does support USB devices, but the support is
extremely limited beyond mice and keyboards. SE added more support and
is the usual baseline for USB devices, but now many devices are
requiring 2000 or XP since MS no longer provides support for 98 and Me
was a disaster stability-wise.
-Adam
Roman wrote:
It is not Pentax *istDS it's just no USB-device support under Windows
98. I had the same problem with my friends PC and webcam.
You need either Windows 2000 or Windows XP with USB support. You won't
get neither *istDS nor any other USB device to work under Windows 98.
Please read knowledge base article from the Microsoft
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q240075/
Regards,
Roman.
Forget Windows, go Linux
http://www.debian.org/
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Hiya. My DS just arrived yesterday. Still reading the manual and
playing with the cam. I had a 'surprise'. When I tried to install the
software in my computer which runs on Windows 98, I simply couldn't do
it. It didn't bothered me much. It got worse, though.
I plugged the camera and, at first, the system does recognise the
existence of the Pentax *ist DS, but cannot install the drivers. I
tried Microsoft, tried Pentax, but all software I found was related to
newer versions of Windows. Any suggestions? I thought of buying a card
reader, sounded the most reasonable solution for I do not feel like
updating my computer at the moment.
About the camera so far, looks insteresting and promising. It's my
first digital slr, feels a bit odd, but so far so good. Still learning
all the functions and everything. One thing I miss is certainly all
the dials available on the body, instead of through lcd menus, but
looks like I'll have to deal with that. Maybe I am just an old fart,
but hey, who the heck said that old dogs can't learn new tricks? ;)
Cheers
LP
