Win98 Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 (edited) Alright.. I successfully installed 2000 Pro that has been updated with HFSLIP 2000, but now I'm having other issues. First was on my Lenovo Z565 laptop. I couldn't get any USB devices to work on it, nor could I install a graphics driver. Whenever i would try to manually install the drivers, I would receive a message stating "The specified location does not contain information about your hardware", which is stupid, because it does. I then installed 2000 on my Y570 laptop and had the same issue. No USB or graphics, same error message when trying to install. I do not recall having this issue in the past when I had 2k on 2 other new (relative to the age of 2k) computers. I didn't use HFSLIP on them though. Is it possible that HFSLIP changed something to prevent me from installing these? It wouldn't make sense that it would, but it's a theory. I installed UURollup on the Z565 and it didn't help, and I'm holding off on installing it on the Y570 in case I need to install something else first. Any ideas on what could be causing this? Also, is there any way to get a "compatibility tab" like in the newer versions of Windows or like KernelEx gave to windows 9x? That was always a lifesaver when installing things on my 98 laptop. Thanks! Edited December 10, 2016 by Win98 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointertovoid Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Hi Win98! I have no experience with your Lenovo Z565, but I did use Hfslip for W2k and no issue with Usb 2.0 nor with graphics drivers, which worked just as well (...to be optimistic) as without using Hfslip. I did recently have a worry with drivers for a Geforce 8400gs that apparently included that hardware but effectively didn't, because the v3 series of 8400gs is a more recent Gt218 chip that differs a lot from v2 and v1 (other dX model!) and demands a specific driver unavailable for W2k. Just to tell that the message "The specified location does not contain information about your hardware" may be true and needs a thorough investigation based on the complete chip identity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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