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WIN 7 Major USB Hardware Incompatibilities ?
WINDOWS 7 Major USB Hardware Incompatibilities ?
I'm trying out Win 7 64 Bit. on the same Hardware (but separate Hard Drive) as my established Win XP . A big issue for me & the main thing I'm testing is the ability to use my existing Hardware. The standard basic stuff....Hard Drives...DVD Drive ...USB Memory Sticks ....Graphics Card ...centronics port printer ... is all OK. BUT I have a number of USB Hardware devices that are fine under XP ... THAT MUST FOR ME, WORK ! in Win 7 & won't a USB ADSL MODEM ... a USB DIGITAL TV Box ...A USB SCANNER ...a USB GRAPHIC TABLET .. In all Cases (I have been trying & trying every which way & trick) The drivers & application appeara to install all OK but WIN 7 then reports they are not functioning / Responding . The problem seems to lie in the way the USB connection is used. Most of these have indicator lights on them which should light up about 1/2 way through a Windows Startup with the application that use them turning those lights on fully when its Run. There is no sign of any activity with Win 7 .Is this a known issue ??? I tried Vista out (& did not like it) some time ago, same machine, & these Devices were all OK. there. There all some years old & do not have Win 7 Drivers released (does anything !!???) The USB type of ADSL Modem is very widely in use and my, VERY comprehensive, searching finds that not one brand will work in Win 7 !!! & I can't find anybody any Net place that HAS got one to work. *(And, yes, yes, I know we should all 'Get With It' & buy a 'connect multi computers Router Modems & squirt Wireless noise around ...wonderful complexity !)* But real life aint like that for a lot of users the prospect of paying out more money on replacement Hardware than the new O/S cost is not on. The more I find out the more Windows 7 is looking VERY different from Vista & not the re-packaged tidied up 'same as Vista really' of most popular thought. (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") mouse (He's Not Happy) |
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WIN 7 Major USB Hardware Incompatibilities ?
Trimble Bracegirdle wrote:
WINDOWS 7 Major USB Hardware Incompatibilities ? I'm trying out Win 7 64 Bit. on the same Hardware (but separate Hard Drive) as my established Win XP . A big issue for me & the main thing I'm testing is the ability to use my existing Hardware. The standard basic stuff....Hard Drives...DVD Drive ...USB Memory Sticks ...Graphics Card ...centronics port printer ... is all OK. BUT I have a number of USB Hardware devices that are fine under XP ... THAT MUST FOR ME, WORK ! in Win 7 & won't a USB ADSL MODEM ... a USB DIGITAL TV Box ...A USB SCANNER ...a USB GRAPHIC TABLET .. In all Cases (I have been trying & trying every which way & trick) The drivers & application appeara to install all OK but WIN 7 then reports they are not functioning / Responding . The problem seems to lie in the way the USB connection is used. Most of these have indicator lights on them which should light up about 1/2 way through a Windows Startup with the application that use them turning those lights on fully when its Run. There is no sign of any activity with Win 7 .Is this a known issue ??? I tried Vista out (& did not like it) some time ago, same machine, & these Devices were all OK. there. There all some years old & do not have Win 7 Drivers released (does anything !!???) The USB type of ADSL Modem is very widely in use and my, VERY comprehensive, searching finds that not one brand will work in Win 7 !!! & I can't find anybody any Net place that HAS got one to work. *(And, yes, yes, I know we should all 'Get With It' & buy a 'connect multi computers Router Modems & squirt Wireless noise around ...wonderful complexity !)* But real life aint like that for a lot of users the prospect of paying out more money on replacement Hardware than the new O/S cost is not on. The more I find out the more Windows 7 is looking VERY different from Vista & not the re-packaged tidied up 'same as Vista really' of most popular thought. (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") mouse (He's Not Happy) Have you actually tried the Windows 7 upgrade advisor? Have you checked with the manufacturers of all of your hardware to see if the devices are W7 compliant? -- "Software is like sex, it's better when it's free." - Linus Torvalds DRM and unintended consequences: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/se...35&tag=nl.e101 |
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WIN 7 Major USB Hardware Incompatibilities ?
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Very few Manufacturers of hardware are saying Win 7 Compat or not. All most none in the case of Devices more than a year or 2 out of production. (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") mouse |
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WIN 7 Major USB Hardware Incompatibilities ?
On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:07:45 -0000, "Trimble Bracegirdle"
wrote: WINDOWS 7 Major USB Hardware Incompatibilities ? I'm trying out Win 7 64 Bit. on the same Hardware (but separate Hard Drive) as my established Win XP . A big issue for me & the main thing I'm testing is the ability to use my existing Hardware. I have a number of USB Hardware devices that are fine under XP ... THAT MUST FOR ME, WORK ! in Win 7 & won't a USB ADSL MODEM ... a USB DIGITAL TV Box ...A USB SCANNER ...a USB GRAPHIC TABLET .. If the modem has an Ethernet port, switch to that and don't look back. It'll cost you the price of an Ethernet cable. |
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WIN 7 Major USB Hardware Incompatibilities ?
Trimble Bracegirdle wrote:
Yes . Very few Manufacturers of hardware are saying Win 7 Compat or not. All most none in the case of Devices more than a year or 2 out of production. (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") mouse you could always try virtualbox which you can install in win7 as a stop gap for the hardware that you can't use in win7. it is free. |
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WIN 7 Major USB Hardware Incompatibilities ?
"Trimble Bracegirdle" wrote in message ... Yes . Very few Manufacturers of hardware are saying Win 7 Compat or not. All most none in the case of Devices more than a year or 2 out of production. (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") mouse When you ran the WUA, was all this hardware on and running? Did you get any warnings about some of your hardware or software? A few more particulars would be helpful, such as PC type/manufacturer, CPU, RAM installed, etc. Are you using on-board USB ports, or are you hooking all this stuff through an external box? If so, is it self-powered, or externally powered? So far, I haven't run into anything that I couldn't get to work with Win7, USB or not, and some of my stuff is pretty old in computer years. Guess I've been lucky. I have to use Vista drivers on my all-in-one printer, but it works fine. One suggestion was to hook your modem up with UTP instead of USB if it's capable. I wholeheartedly agree with that, even if it means getting a $20 internal NIC. My speeds are much better with a more consistent connection and fewer download errors. -- SC Tom |
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Bracegirdle says... BUT I have a number of USB Hardware devices that are fine under XP ... THAT MUST FOR ME, WORK ! in Win 7 & won't a USB ADSL MODEM ... a USB DIGITAL TV Box ...A USB SCANNER ...a USB GRAPHIC TABLET .. Have you actually bothered going to the manufacturers website and seeing if there are Vista or Win7 drivers for them? -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally. |
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WIN 7 Major USB Hardware Incompatibilities ?
On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:52:32 -0500, SC Tom wrote:
So far, I haven't run into anything that I couldn't get to work with Win7, USB or not, Running W7 'Home Premium' (i.e. one of the 'crippled' versions), I find that the Boot-US bootloader installer cannot write to diskette - even when I run it as Administrator: "Access denied". No problem formatting the diskette, Wordpad had no problem writing a test file to it, and I had no problem then deleting it - even running as ordinary user. Guess the Boot-US code is trying to do something dodgy... Found nothing relevant in a search on sysinternals.com. -- /\/\aurice (Replace "nomail.afraid" by "bcs" to reply by email) |
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"Maurice Batey" wrote in message news On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:52:32 -0500, SC Tom wrote: So far, I haven't run into anything that I couldn't get to work with Win7, USB or not, Running W7 'Home Premium' (i.e. one of the 'crippled' versions), Why do you consider it "crippled"? -- SC Tom I find that the Boot-US bootloader installer cannot write to diskette - even when I run it as Administrator: "Access denied". No problem formatting the diskette, Wordpad had no problem writing a test file to it, and I had no problem then deleting it - even running as ordinary user. Guess the Boot-US code is trying to do something dodgy... Found nothing relevant in a search on sysinternals.com. -- /\/\aurice (Replace "nomail.afraid" by "bcs" to reply by email) |
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WIN 7 Major USB Hardware Incompatibilities ?
On 20 Feb 2010, "Trimble Bracegirdle" wrote in
alt.windows7.general: BUT I have a number of USB Hardware devices that are fine under XP ... THAT MUST FOR ME, WORK ! in Win 7 & won't a USB ADSL MODEM ... a USB DIGITAL TV Box ...A USB SCANNER ...a USB GRAPHIC TABLET .. Scanners are always the first things to be abandoned by driver writers if it doesn't work now, I doubt it ever will. Especially for a 64-bit OS - I think separate drivers are needed, I believe. The hardware manufacturers are responsible for drivers, not Microsoft. I wouldn't call it a a hardware incompatibility, not a "Win 7" incompatibility. I tried Vista out (& did not like it) some time ago, same machine, & these Devices were all OK. But was it 64-bit Vista? If not, I bet these devices wouldn't have worked there, either. A quick web search finds quite a few suggested remedies for similar problems - installing the drivers as Administrator, updating the motherboard chipset driver and/or BIOS, etc. So, there may be a workaround. |
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WIN 7 Major USB Hardware Incompatibilities ?
Nil wrote:
On 20 Feb 2010, "Trimble Bracegirdle" wrote in alt.windows7.general: BUT I have a number of USB Hardware devices that are fine under XP ... THAT MUST FOR ME, WORK ! in Win 7 & won't a USB ADSL MODEM ... a USB DIGITAL TV Box ...A USB SCANNER ...a USB GRAPHIC TABLET .. Scanners are always the first things to be abandoned by driver writers if it doesn't work now, I doubt it ever will. Especially for a 64-bit OS - I think separate drivers are needed, I believe. The hardware manufacturers are responsible for drivers, not Microsoft. I wouldn't call it a a hardware incompatibility, not a "Win 7" incompatibility. It's Microsoft's responsibility to make their new OS compatible with the hardware I already have. I'm sure they have a lot of excuses. I don't want excuses. I want my (*(*& hardware to continue to work!!! It may not support new features, but it should do at least what it used to do. Period!!! Microsoft has let us down in that area. Sorry for any inconvenience, my A$$. I tried Vista out (& did not like it) some time ago, same machine, & these Devices were all OK. But was it 64-bit Vista? If not, I bet these devices wouldn't have worked there, either. A quick web search finds quite a few suggested remedies for similar problems - installing the drivers as Administrator, updating the motherboard chipset driver and/or BIOS, etc. So, there may be a workaround. |
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On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:37:03 -0500, SC Tom wrote:
Why do you consider it "crippled"? Not my description! Was used by other W7 users in another forum, probably because various options are missing here and there. -- /\/\aurice (Replace "nomail.afraid" by "bcs" to reply by email) |
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On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:06:20 +0000, Maurice Batey wrote:
Guess the Boot-US code is trying to do something dodgy... Found nothing relevant in a search on sysinternals.com. Turns out the Boot-US code *was* doing something dodgy. A corrected version now happily writes the diskette. Windows 7 exonerated... -- /\/\aurice (Replace "nomail.afraid" by "bcs" to reply by email) |
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WIN 7 Major USB Hardware Incompatibilities ?
mike wrote:
It's Microsoft's responsibility to make their new OS compatible with the hardware I already have. I'm sure they have a lot of excuses. I don't want excuses. I want my (*(*& hardware to continue to work!!! It may not support new features, but it should do at least what it used to do. Period!!! Microsoft has let us down in that area. Sorry for any inconvenience, my A$$. Tell me about it. I've got a perfectly good Epson Perfection Photo 1260 flatbed scanner, and it won't run under Windows 7 x64. No driver for it. Epson can't be bothered writing one, and Microsoft just doesn't care. -Al- |
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WIN 7 Major USB Hardware Incompatibilities ?
Al Smith wrote:
mike wrote: It's Microsoft's responsibility to make their new OS compatible with the hardware I already have. I'm sure they have a lot of excuses. I don't want excuses. I want my (*(*& hardware to continue to work!!! It may not support new features, but it should do at least what it used to do. Period!!! Microsoft has let us down in that area. Sorry for any inconvenience, my A$$. Tell me about it. I've got a perfectly good Epson Perfection Photo 1260 flatbed scanner, and it won't run under Windows 7 x64. No driver for it. Epson can't be bothered writing one, and Microsoft just doesn't care. -Al- Hummm...MS has nothing to do with Epson drivers. |
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