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NT4 USB Fix
Name: IBMWarpster97 Date: May 2, 2004 at 10:33:43 Pacific OS: Windows NT 4.0 CPU/Ram: Pentium MMX 233MHz/128MB/
Comment:
Hello.
I have just came across a USB Fix for NT4. It is by Dell, but supports MANY MANY USB Chipsets. It does NOT work ONLY on Dells. In novice terms, itll work on anything almost, but be aware that not EVERY controller is supported.
http://ftp1.us.dell.com/utility/R62200.EXE ~5MB extracts like 10MB. Has a little program that runs in the taskbar that checks for USB devices.
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