From: James Mckenzie (os2support_at_theriver.com)
Date: Thu Oct 05 2000 - 23:24:06 EDT
Ray Bay wrote:
>
> WebCam's work best with Windows 98 SE or preferably Windows ME
> whenever USB is concerned... although if you can find the very latest
> Windows 95, sometimes called 95 2.5 or 95C, you should be able to
> make it work... It came with the very last production runs of machines
> such as Gateway and Dell before the first Windows 98 came out.
>
> You will probably experience a lot of problems with the Dell version
> of windows 98 because most of the Dell discs were images rather than
> installation disks and the Dell will not agree with the IBM
> configurations...
>
Don't tell my system that, as Dell shipped a full Windows 98 upgrade to
me. I loaded it onto a 760ED for testing and it worked just fine.
However, the 'bloated' size of the OS and some anomolies that cropped up
after a short testing period, lead me to load it onto the Dell box and
reload the Thinkpads disk.
> Also, most of the 560's were configured only for Windows 95. You will
> need to do a lot of downloading of files from the IBM matrices to
> update your computer to use Windows 98... and some of your thinkpad
> stuff may not work properly then... Some people have problems with
> hibernation, suspend, screen clarity, and other functions.
Actually, the upgrade may be as simple as downloading one disk after
Windows95 is installed. This is all I had to do with the 760ED which is
'older' than the 560 series of machines.
>
> As long as you have time to deal with quite a bit of aggravation, it
> will eventually work out... but probably not with the Dell... borrow a
> full install 98 SE or ME, make backups, reformat your disk and
> re-install. This will give you the best chance at low aggravation with
> the webcam... and probably your Thinkpad as well.
I agree with the full install, but make sure that you 'backup' all of
your data. I found that I could reload several programs, but they did
not want to reinstall. I ran my backup and restored the Registry only
and then ran the install. All was well when I finished.
James Mckenzie
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