Re: USB 2.0 drivers without Service Pack crap

Franco Tiratore wrote:
On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:27:16 GMT, john.dsl@xxxxxxxxxxx (John Lewis)
wrote:

Exactly what is crap about the Service packs, since other than the SP2
firewall installation, most of the rest are legitimate security fixes,
driver updates ( Inc. USB 2.0) and bug fixes ? And you can disable the
Windows firewall in the UI. Plus, if you are on dialup only, afaik you
can still freely order an update CD from M$$ which contains the bulk
of the updates -- search their website. I have one of those CDs.


My system runs smoothly and I need only the USB 2.0 drivers.
I cannot conceive that I have to download and install a 200+ meg
package for this purpose. And of course I'm running on a dialup 56k
modem (there's no broad band service in my town), but this is not the
main point of the question.
Why does M$ forbid the motherboard manufacturers to include a simple
USB 2.0 driver in their installation packages/home pages?!?!?!

The USB 2.0 driver is not provided by the motherboard manufacturer, it's a standard interface (EHCI) and is provided by the OS.

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