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WWWBoard: Message 1228

Posted by Bill D. on 06/19/02 at 10:01 PM

Subject: Re: This fixed my USB problem.......

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In Reply to: This fixed my USB problem....... posted by John Jennings on 06/19/02 at 1:50 PM:

Great tip for the database! Thanks!

Bill

: After trying all the fixes outlined on Viarena.com and those found on USBman.com I still had the NTKERN.VXD error with my VIA USB Root hub. Both hubs had a yellow exclamanation point next to them.

: I updated the Via 4-in-1 and applied the USB filter patch ver.110.
: I applied both of the Microsoft updates.

: None of these actions corrected the problem.

: There were no IRQ, DMA, or memory conflicts and the USB had been recognized before upgrading the computer from Win95 OSR/2 to Win98SE so I assumed that the problem was a missing/lost Microsoft driver which enumerates the USB on boot.

: Looking carefully at an identical machine which was working I found that there were 2 files missing
: on the non-working machine.

: The files were "wmidrv.sys" and "wmilib.sys". These files are apparantly part of a poorly documented
: Microsoft WMI system which looks for attached USB devices.

: I extracted the files, installed them in the appropriate folder, rebooted, and Voila! problem gone.

: ======================================================
: The files and their source and destination folders are outlined below:

: NOTE: This applies to Windows 98SE only!

: Locate the cabinet files (.cab) on your Windows 98SE CD ROM. They are located in the "Win98" folder.

: If you don't have a cabinet file extractor you can download it at the Microsoft site.
: Look for "Cabview".

: Extract "wmidrv.sys" from the Win98SE cab file "Precopy2.cab".
: Extract "wmilib.sys" from the Win98SE cab file "Base5.cab".

: Copy both files to "C:\Windows\System32\Drivers".

: Reboot the system, there should not be any problem with the USB hub now.
: ==================================================================================================

: NOTE: there are other files associated with the WMI subsystem, "wmi.dll", "wmicore.dll", and "wmiexe.exe".
: In practice I usually remove these files since they load on every boot, hog memory, performance and resources.
: The USB on my machines has always worked without these files, your configuration may be different.

:
: Regards,

: John

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: Great tip for the database! Thanks!

: Bill

: : After trying all the fixes outlined on Viarena.com and those found on USBman.com I still had the NTKERN.VXD error with my VIA USB Root hub. Both hubs had a yellow exclamanation point next to them.

: : I updated the Via 4-in-1 and applied the USB filter patch ver.110.
: : I applied both of the Microsoft updates.

: : None of these actions corrected the problem.

: : There were no IRQ, DMA, or memory conflicts and the USB had been recognized before upgrading the computer from Win95 OSR/2 to Win98SE so I assumed that the problem was a missing/lost Microsoft driver which enumerates the USB on boot.

: : Looking carefully at an identical machine which was working I found that there were 2 files missing
: : on the non-working machine.

: : The files were "wmidrv.sys" and "wmilib.sys". These files are apparantly part of a poorly documented
: : Microsoft WMI system which looks for attached USB devices.

: : I extracted the files, installed them in the  appropriate folder, rebooted, and Voila! problem gone.

: : ======================================================
: : The files and their source and destination folders are outlined below:

: : NOTE: This applies to Windows 98SE only!

: : Locate the cabinet files (.cab) on your Windows 98SE CD ROM. They are located in the "Win98" folder.

: : If you don't have a cabinet file extractor you can download it at the Microsoft site.
: : Look for "Cabview".

: : Extract "wmidrv.sys" from the Win98SE cab file "Precopy2.cab".
: : Extract "wmilib.sys" from the Win98SE cab file "Base5.cab".

: : Copy both files to "C:\Windows\System32\Drivers".

: : Reboot the system, there should not be any problem with the USB hub now.
: : ==================================================================================================

: : NOTE: there are other files associated with the WMI subsystem, "wmi.dll", "wmicore.dll", and "wmiexe.exe".
: : In practice I usually remove these files since they load on every boot, hog memory, performance and resources.
: : The USB on my machines has always worked without these files, your configuration may be different.

: : 
: : Regards,

: : John

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