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i also have a problem, see i have windows 98 se n media monkey n my ipod classic only shows up as removable disk E: n i try to format it but it cant run scandisk afterwards cuz it says it is not formatted, has no disk, or a disk utility has locked it n that i need to wait for the utility...any help?

Posted by: Aaron at July 30, 2008 9:41 AM

Hi Leo,

Something strange just happened. I have a Kingston USB flash drive 1GB which I hae had for 6 months. I have used it to share files between my two home computers and my workstation in the office. This morning I transfered files to the stickand took it to work, then I did the same before I came back home. Only now when I plug the stick into my usb ports, I get a balloon from the taskbar saying "USB device not recognised". I thought something had gone wrong with the stick, so I tried it on my laptop and in seconds I could get to the files I saved at work. It works fine on one computer but not on the other - both are running Windows XP Pro SP2. I have performed no updates on the machine where it does not work. Any Ideas ???

Posted by: Mike at September 11, 2008 2:49 PM

i would a port fot my computer

Posted by: ROCHELLE at October 8, 2008 12:40 PM

I can not put a flash drive into my lap top 98.It ask for a [edited] cd.

Posted by: John Carr at October 27, 2008 11:45 AM

I plugged in my new USB flash drive and it asked for an installation cd. It didn't come with one so I cancelled out of it. Now, when I plug it in, nothing happens; it doesn't seem to recognize it at all. Have I ruined it completely?

Posted by: Sarah Ekern at December 5, 2008 12:17 PM

I bought a Olympus digital camera and now want to download pictures to my computer, the camera has a card I put in. I plug in the usb cable then to the camera and nothing, the computer doesn't recognize to start download process

Posted by: Denise at December 21, 2008 3:07 PM

hello my son just got a new mp3 player for xmas and we have trieg everything but it keeps saying cannot find driver device.We have downloaded the newest win media player9 and still nothing it works cause we dragged a song in it and you can hear it play, but we dont know how to get it from the media player to the mp3 player please help.We are running win98se on mozilla firefox or internet explorer6 we have tried going through both browsers but it still says the samething cannot detect driver.

Unfortunately that's not a lot to go on. For what it's worth, this isn't about browsers or what version of Windows Media Player, this is likely about device drivers, which are low level pieces of software you never really "see" but allow the computer to interface to different devices. In your case I would visit the support website of the manufacturer of whatever MP3 player you purchased and see if they provided updated device drivers for their device.
- Leo
28-Dec-2008

Posted by: michelle wimbish at December 27, 2008 11:31 AM

Also i can never get all the way through to download java, it always says must manually install.When i try to get like bingo games online it says i need java plugins but it wont let download them or it will start and then says java installer failed install manually.HHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPP!

Posted by: michelle wimbish at December 27, 2008 11:36 AM

Please help me connect my ipod. It worked on my dad's laptop.I just downloaded a new song and it didn't come up on Windows media player and I won't be able to put that song on my ipod because my ipods' information won't show up.

Posted by: Saryna at January 24, 2009 2:37 PM

Hello.
I am trying to install a webcam, but windows didnt have the drivers needed (as per usual) and when i closed it, i forgot that the "dont ask about this device" box was checked.... now when i plug my webcam in, windows just ignores its there... where could i find out how to enable the driver wizard for this device again? Thanks in advance

Posted by: Paul at February 17, 2009 2:11 PM
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