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commoved · 01-06-03, 08:50 PM

You are right, Windows NT does not support USB. Some USB devices write their own USB software and install the entire USB package as a device driver. Whether that would support ActiveSynch ... well, good luck.

Why not upgrade your computer to WIN 2K? Conversion from NT to 2K has a great success rate -- much better than converting to XP. We converted countless computers where I work, and have yet to find a program that runs under NT that doesn't run under 2K. And, 2K is more stable than NT -- I haven't seen a single BSOD under 2K. A lot of niggly bugs were fixed with 2K, and 2K is still actively supported by Microsoft.

Downside to 2K - you need to find some new drivers, and you need at least 128M of memory.

01-06-03, 08:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
commoved Aximsite All Star Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 787 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	You are right, Windows NT does not support USB. Some USB devices write their own USB software and install the entire USB package as a device driver. Whether that would support ActiveSynch ... well, good luck. Why not upgrade your computer to WIN 2K? Conversion from NT to 2K has a great success rate -- much better than converting to XP. We converted countless computers where I work, and have yet to find a program that runs under NT that doesn't run under 2K. And, 2K is more stable than NT -- I haven't seen a single BSOD under 2K. A lot of niggly bugs were fixed with 2K, and 2K is still actively supported by Microsoft. Downside to 2K - you need to find some new drivers, and you need at least 128M of memory. __________________ The world may not be perfect yet, but the Axim is (almost).