does windows nt server 4 support USB 2 interface?

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ILiya - 27 Aug 2003 18:32 GMT

Is it possible to connect USB devices to NT4 ?
Do I need for this a special driver?

Thanks

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Andrew Rossmann - 27 Aug 2003 22:27 GMT

[This followup was posted to microsoft.public.windowsnt.setup and a copy
was sent to the cited author.]

> Is it possible to connect USB devices to NT4 ?
> Do I need for this a special driver?

There is no official USB support for NT. A few manufacturers have DEVICE
specific drivers that work ONLY with a particular device, and probably
would conflict with each other if you tried multiple devices.

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Bruce Chambers - 28 Aug 2003 04:53 GMT

Greetings --

Microsoft decided, and announced, years ago that there would *not*
be any USB support built into WinNT, regardless of service pack.
There is no Microsoft-approved/supported patch to add USB support to
WinNT.

Windows NT 4.0 Does Not Support Universal Serial Bus
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q196/6/61.ASP

That said, some device manufacturers, such as Iomega, have
developed rudimentary WinNT USB support that works _only_ with their
own devices. Also, there have been reports of some 3rd party USB
add-ons for WinNT, but I've never bothered to look into the matter
further, as I've long since upgraded to Win2K and subsequently WinXP,
both of which do support USB.

Bruce Chambers

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> Is it possible to connect USB devices to NT4 ?
> Do I need for this a special driver?
>
> Thanks

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