#Windows 98 usb problem install#
#Windows 98 usb problem 64 Bit#

However, USB drivers required for the MS-DOS 7.1 CLI environment are not compatible with the GUI environment. Separate USB drivers are needed for the GUI and the CLI environments. NT4 apps sometimes need a compatibility mode. In fact Ive never had a problem running any old software on XP, except maybe the odd crash from really old Win16 apps. Windows 98 SE on VB - usb keys etc not seen. Discussions related to using VirtualBox on Windows hosts. Dial it back to an older version of Workstation compatibility, in order to select Win98 as the guest OS. This affects the virtual hardware version in the config file. 'When you run the Create new Virtual Machine Wizard, one of the selections is Workstation version. mpack Site Moderator Posts: 35303 Joined: 4. The problem with MS-DOS USB drivers in Windows 98SE. Windows 98 SE on VB - usb keys etc not seen. Problem with instalation of Windows 98 SE. NT4 apps sometimes need a compatibility mode (only because they do an OS version check and then refuse to run), a WDM device driver for a funny PCI card worked fine in XP, I can only think of one Win98 app that even needed a compatibility mode: and that because it did strange things with certain Windows 'common dialogs' which had changed a lot in XP. In fact I've never had a problem running any old software on XP, except maybe the odd crash from really old Win16 apps.

#Windows 98 usb problem install#

when it gets to a point it will ask for the install location and will say c:windows.000 Do not accept that but edit it to say only. The VM will perform much more smoothly, and you'll be able to install guest additions (hence seamless mouse integration and shared folders). boot from the cd or bootup floppy that then allows access to the 98 CD.

If you can possibly get it to work in an XP VM then I would thoroughly recommend that you do so, since VBox's support for XP guests is much better than its support for Win98. Not sure where to go - I have searched for this, but not found anything. I have connected it to the windows 98 session. The player sees the printer, but windows 98 does not.

#Windows 98 usb problem 64 Bit#

Adigraham wrote:although i could try compatibility mode. I am running vmware on a windows 7 64 bit machine and am trying to connect a usb printer to my windows 98 player.