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Compaq(HP) drivers no good
A while back I posted about a buggy presario I was using, a 1610 to be
exact. Problem was system would freeze each time u moved touchpad and pressed key as same time, require hard reboot. Despite my skepticism, everyone here was so sure the firmware/drivers at the Compuke , now HP website would work. Well, I'm here to tell you my skepticism was on target. I have had problems with synaptic drivers before and this was no exception. The drivers pretended to install and the little icons appeared, only problem is the tap/select function would not work and the help screen was frozen on my page requiring reboot. From previous experience this is typical of synaptic stuff. Also, no way to uninstall them, had to do it manually by editing the registry and using msconfig. More crap driver software from synaptic. This is on win98se, so you cannot blame windows. Also the read me files only referred to win95 problems even though the driver is listed by compuke/hp as being for win98. Finally got it uninstalled and let windows install the generic ps/2 driver. I think with the normal cursors I will be ok now. How can such large companys turn out such crap software, ooohhhh.... wait... almost forgot about micro****-SHEEESH! Won't touch the other stuff on the HP page now. Probably will turn the laptop into a paperweight. Searched but could not find a generic or other alternative to synap****. If anyone knows of one, please be so kind as to provide a reference. Thanks, in advance. |
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Compaq(HP) drivers no good
What do you expect from a 10-year old notebook that originally shipped with
Win 95? Sheesh. Plus HP/Compaq provides no drivers for Win 98SE. HH "milton" wrote in message ... A while back I posted about a buggy presario I was using, a 1610 to be exact. Problem was system would freeze each time u moved touchpad and pressed key as same time, require hard reboot. Despite my skepticism, everyone here was so sure the firmware/drivers at the Compuke , now HP website would work. Well, I'm here to tell you my skepticism was on target. I have had problems with synaptic drivers before and this was no exception. The drivers pretended to install and the little icons appeared, only problem is the tap/select function would not work and the help screen was frozen on my page requiring reboot. From previous experience this is typical of synaptic stuff. Also, no way to uninstall them, had to do it manually by editing the registry and using msconfig. More crap driver software from synaptic. This is on win98se, so you cannot blame windows. Also the read me files only referred to win95 problems even though the driver is listed by compuke/hp as being for win98. Finally got it uninstalled and let windows install the generic ps/2 driver. I think with the normal cursors I will be ok now. How can such large companys turn out such crap software, ooohhhh.... wait... almost forgot about micro****-SHEEESH! Won't touch the other stuff on the HP page now. Probably will turn the laptop into a paperweight. Searched but could not find a generic or other alternative to synap****. If anyone knows of one, please be so kind as to provide a reference. Thanks, in advance. |
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Compaq(HP) drivers no good
Instead of ranting and raving, the OP could simply use the Windows 95 drivers
with Windows 98SE. There's a 99% chance they'll work, because very little changed in the soft underbelly of Windows between 95 and 98SE. In fact, one might consider Win98SE to be Windows 95 SP3, except that Microsoft had the nerve to charge people for it, and people actually bought... Ben Myers On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:52:50 -0500, "HH" wrote: What do you expect from a 10-year old notebook that originally shipped with Win 95? Sheesh. Plus HP/Compaq provides no drivers for Win 98SE. HH "milton" wrote in message ... A while back I posted about a buggy presario I was using, a 1610 to be exact. Problem was system would freeze each time u moved touchpad and pressed key as same time, require hard reboot. Despite my skepticism, everyone here was so sure the firmware/drivers at the Compuke , now HP website would work. Well, I'm here to tell you my skepticism was on target. I have had problems with synaptic drivers before and this was no exception. The drivers pretended to install and the little icons appeared, only problem is the tap/select function would not work and the help screen was frozen on my page requiring reboot. From previous experience this is typical of synaptic stuff. Also, no way to uninstall them, had to do it manually by editing the registry and using msconfig. More crap driver software from synaptic. This is on win98se, so you cannot blame windows. Also the read me files only referred to win95 problems even though the driver is listed by compuke/hp as being for win98. Finally got it uninstalled and let windows install the generic ps/2 driver. I think with the normal cursors I will be ok now. How can such large companys turn out such crap software, ooohhhh.... wait... almost forgot about micro****-SHEEESH! Won't touch the other stuff on the HP page now. Probably will turn the laptop into a paperweight. Searched but could not find a generic or other alternative to synap****. If anyone knows of one, please be so kind as to provide a reference. Thanks, in advance. |
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Compaq(HP) drivers no good
Agree with the proviso that at least 98SE was the best of the Win 9x
versions, far superior than WinMe which was THE ripoff. HH "Ben Myers" wrote in message ... Instead of ranting and raving, the OP could simply use the Windows 95 drivers with Windows 98SE. There's a 99% chance they'll work, because very little changed in the soft underbelly of Windows between 95 and 98SE. In fact, one might consider Win98SE to be Windows 95 SP3, except that Microsoft had the nerve to charge people for it, and people actually bought... Ben Myers On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:52:50 -0500, "HH" wrote: What do you expect from a 10-year old notebook that originally shipped with Win 95? Sheesh. Plus HP/Compaq provides no drivers for Win 98SE. HH "milton" wrote in message ... A while back I posted about a buggy presario I was using, a 1610 to be exact. Problem was system would freeze each time u moved touchpad and pressed key as same time, require hard reboot. Despite my skepticism, everyone here was so sure the firmware/drivers at the Compuke , now HP website would work. Well, I'm here to tell you my skepticism was on target. I have had problems with synaptic drivers before and this was no exception. The drivers pretended to install and the little icons appeared, only problem is the tap/select function would not work and the help screen was frozen on my page requiring reboot. From previous experience this is typical of synaptic stuff. Also, no way to uninstall them, had to do it manually by editing the registry and using msconfig. More crap driver software from synaptic. This is on win98se, so you cannot blame windows. Also the read me files only referred to win95 problems even though the driver is listed by compuke/hp as being for win98. Finally got it uninstalled and let windows install the generic ps/2 driver. I think with the normal cursors I will be ok now. How can such large companys turn out such crap software, ooohhhh.... wait... almost forgot about micro****-SHEEESH! Won't touch the other stuff on the HP page now. Probably will turn the laptop into a paperweight. Searched but could not find a generic or other alternative to synap****. If anyone knows of one, please be so kind as to provide a reference. Thanks, in advance. |
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Compaq(HP) drivers no good
Ben Myers wrote in
: Instead of ranting and raving, the OP could simply use the Windows 95 drivers with Windows 98SE. There's a 99% chance they'll work, because very little changed in the soft underbelly of Windows between 95 and 98SE. In fact, one might consider Win98SE to be Windows 95 SP3, except that Microsoft had the nerve to charge people for it, and people actually bought... Ben Myers Ah sorry, but do you have a reading problem? The crap "support" HP page lists the synap**** drivers for being for win98, yet the readme files make no mention of win98. This is just another example of compuke/HP poor product support and just bad software programmers. They simply cannot write decent software. Period, end of story. My first computer, an xt was a compaq, but that was when they still made good products. Ever since I bought this laptop used (pity the poor sucker who paid 3 grand for it new) I will NEVER buy another compaq, NOR another HP product again. Burn me once shame on you, burn me twice shame on me. The synap**** programmers (are they still in business) did not even offer a way to uninstall their crap non-working drivers. Maybe they formerly were windoze programmers, since both company's turn out crap. Just got done watching the Pirates of Silicon Valley. Confirmed my own conclusions that billy boy is just a con man marketing thief; that is why we have the greatest percentage of computers running a crap OS. Who says you have to be good to become rich? And your wrong. Win95 is not the same as win98se, alot of stuff won't run on 95 that runs on se, including, of course most usb devices. On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:52:50 -0500, "HH" wrote: What do you expect from a 10-year old notebook that originally shipped with Win 95? Sheesh. Plus HP/Compaq provides no drivers for Win 98SE. HH "milton" wrote in message ... A while back I posted about a buggy presario I was using, a 1610 to be exact. Problem was system would freeze each time u moved touchpad and pressed key as same time, require hard reboot. Despite my skepticism, everyone here was so sure the firmware/drivers at the Compuke , now HP website would work. Well, I'm here to tell you my skepticism was on target. I have had problems with synaptic drivers before and this was no exception. The drivers pretended to install and the little icons appeared, only problem is the tap/select function would not work and the help screen was frozen on my page requiring reboot. From previous experience this is typical of synaptic stuff. Also, no way to uninstall them, had to do it manually by editing the registry and using msconfig. More crap driver software from synaptic. This is on win98se, so you cannot blame windows. Also the read me files only referred to win95 problems even though the driver is listed by compuke/hp as being for win98. Finally got it uninstalled and let windows install the generic ps/2 driver. I think with the normal cursors I will be ok now. How can such large companys turn out such crap software, ooohhhh.... wait... almost forgot about micro****-SHEEESH! Won't touch the other stuff on the HP page now. Probably will turn the laptop into a paperweight. Searched but could not find a generic or other alternative to synap****. If anyone knows of one, please be so kind as to provide a reference. Thanks, in advance. |
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Compaq(HP) drivers no good
Gee, I'm so sorry I opened my mouth. You know so damned much. Go fix the
problem and quit complaining. As far as Windows 95 and 98SE are concerned: Windows 95B and 95C have USB support, if you bother to install a supplementary module. I never ever said that Windows 95 could do everything that 98 does. Maybe YOU have the reading problem? It's the other way around. You can take 95 drivers and use them with 98. But why bother stating the obvious. You know it all already... Ben Myers On Fri, 2 Feb 2007 09:05:51 +0100 (CET), milton wrote: Ben Myers wrote in : Instead of ranting and raving, the OP could simply use the Windows 95 drivers with Windows 98SE. There's a 99% chance they'll work, because very little changed in the soft underbelly of Windows between 95 and 98SE. In fact, one might consider Win98SE to be Windows 95 SP3, except that Microsoft had the nerve to charge people for it, and people actually bought... Ben Myers Ah sorry, but do you have a reading problem? The crap "support" HP page lists the synap**** drivers for being for win98, yet the readme files make no mention of win98. This is just another example of compuke/HP poor product support and just bad software programmers. They simply cannot write decent software. Period, end of story. My first computer, an xt was a compaq, but that was when they still made good products. Ever since I bought this laptop used (pity the poor sucker who paid 3 grand for it new) I will NEVER buy another compaq, NOR another HP product again. Burn me once shame on you, burn me twice shame on me. The synap**** programmers (are they still in business) did not even offer a way to uninstall their crap non-working drivers. Maybe they formerly were windoze programmers, since both company's turn out crap. Just got done watching the Pirates of Silicon Valley. Confirmed my own conclusions that billy boy is just a con man marketing thief; that is why we have the greatest percentage of computers running a crap OS. Who says you have to be good to become rich? And your wrong. Win95 is not the same as win98se, alot of stuff won't run on 95 that runs on se, including, of course most usb devices. On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:52:50 -0500, "HH" wrote: What do you expect from a 10-year old notebook that originally shipped with Win 95? Sheesh. Plus HP/Compaq provides no drivers for Win 98SE. HH "milton" wrote in message ... A while back I posted about a buggy presario I was using, a 1610 to be exact. Problem was system would freeze each time u moved touchpad and pressed key as same time, require hard reboot. Despite my skepticism, everyone here was so sure the firmware/drivers at the Compuke , now HP website would work. Well, I'm here to tell you my skepticism was on target. I have had problems with synaptic drivers before and this was no exception. The drivers pretended to install and the little icons appeared, only problem is the tap/select function would not work and the help screen was frozen on my page requiring reboot. From previous experience this is typical of synaptic stuff. Also, no way to uninstall them, had to do it manually by editing the registry and using msconfig. More crap driver software from synaptic. This is on win98se, so you cannot blame windows. Also the read me files only referred to win95 problems even though the driver is listed by compuke/hp as being for win98. Finally got it uninstalled and let windows install the generic ps/2 driver. I think with the normal cursors I will be ok now. How can such large companys turn out such crap software, ooohhhh.... wait... almost forgot about micro****-SHEEESH! Won't touch the other stuff on the HP page now. Probably will turn the laptop into a paperweight. Searched but could not find a generic or other alternative to synap****. If anyone knows of one, please be so kind as to provide a reference. Thanks, in advance. |
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