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PPC6700 USB Modem Drivers on VISTA?

Ok i just got a new laptop which is loaded with the new (but crappy) microsoft vista operating system. first off let me say this, vista is an ultra headache to deal with! i dont recommend anyone using this operating system, unbuntu (linux) is way easier than vista.
anyways, back to where i was going.... my other laptop, which is loaded with windows xp, succesfully installed the usb modem drivers for the apache 6700. but whenever i try to install the same exact driver on my new laptop it says "windows cannot find the specified file"! i pointed the driver file , .inf, to the correct directory and everything. i downloaded another dialer and driver file and put it on the desktop, still windows cannot find the file even though i point windows to it (cot damn vista!).
this leads me to believe that this driver file does not work under vista. can anyone else confirm this or tell me what im doing wrong? i tried many different ways of install the driver, but vista fails. please, can anyone help me?

no body huh?

vista and dun
i too have the same problem with vista... i have read and tried several "solutions" to this but none have worked for me- my computer keeps installing a treo driver which doesnt work- funny part is i can do a BT DUN @ about 115.2kbps but if i push it too hard the phone freezes... i have been thinking about installing xp on my brand new laptop that came with vista.

Anyone figure out how to install USB drivers on Vista, mines also installs Treo Drivers on its own i can't stop it from doing that, any insight?

I am using a PPCGeeks Rom (LennySH i think) and it has an application called internet sharing. When connected with my Vista laptop the laptop uses it automatically for internet no additional drivers needed.
It also has a bluetooth setting that Vista will use to connect to a "personal area network" and your online without the cable. However the usb connection is faster.
EbG
**using Helmi not LennySH

operating system not found

hello all..well tried loading winxp onto the extremely slow shift we all have been suckered into buying thinking it was a good thing..anywho
partitioned off part my c drive..fired up winxp..everything went ok..it went into its first restart and then i get an error "operating system not found" it doesnt give me the option at startup to select fista or xp just gives this error..
tried loading fista on using f3..still returned with the same error
so..what did i do wrong besides the obvious and buy one of these things !!

My god; what is this trend with asking for help while bashing the product you bought. I'm getting tired of this. Just do your homework, and buy product based on what you need, not what you read on forums, and sell your shift if you are unhappy.
On the technical side, XP cannot be installed after vista. It will not make a proper dual boot. And you might have fried your recovery partition in the process too.
If you don't have a bootable usb key, I suggest you to find an USB cd or DVD drive, and to use the xp setup from there.
Using a usb key, you can try to use bart's USB bootable CD at nu2.nu
You can find tutorial on how to setup a dual boot on www.lifehacker.com

thaihugo said:
On the technical side, XP cannot be installed after vista. It will not make a proper dual boot.
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I installed XP after Vista without any problems, leaving me with a working dual boot system. Simply repair the mbr using a Vista disc, then setup the dual boot menu using VistaBootPro.
Edit - If you don't have access to a Vista CD, you can download the Vista Recovery Disc from various places - try here - http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/

Yes, that what I mean in "XP cannot be installed after vista, it will not make a proper boot". Of course you can repair that situation with a boot cd.

thaihugo said:
My god; what is this trend with asking for help while bashing the product you bought. I'm getting tired of this. Just do your homework, and buy product based on what you need, not what you read on forums, and sell your shift if you are unhappy.
On the technical side, XP cannot be installed after vista. It will not make a proper dual boot. And you might have fried your recovery partition in the process too.
If you don't have a bootable usb key, I suggest you to find an USB cd or DVD drive, and to use the xp setup from there.
Using a usb key, you can try to use bart's USB bootable CD at nu2.nu
You can find tutorial on how to setup a dual boot on www.lifehacker.com
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well silly me i thought i had bought a unit that i need..it fitted all my requirements..but then i didnt count on a unit so useless it couldnt pull a greased stick out a pigs butt !!

Only trolls get sticks out of pig butts. Maybe you should concentrate on solving your problem if you want to get some help.

T mobile wing need help cant find gettin started cd

is there anyway u can get the gettin started cd software from over the internet or do u just have to get the cd like everytime i connect my phone to the computer through usb it asks for a cd i dnt have so is there a back door or something

All you should have to do is install Microsoft Activesync on the PC and you should be good to go.

urgent help.i lost my os in my shift

dear friends .i tried to change my windows 7 to xp but that happend
i used usb_multiboot steps to do it and when i format my hdd and try to install it from the usb i get a lot of missed files to be copied to install xp
i tried to make others xp copies with more than 20 times it show me same(missed files which can not complete install) what can i do?????

Okay so what did you do now? How exactly did you try to install XP. What version of XP did you use, and what error does it give you exactly.

thanks so much for reply
what i do now is crying beside my htc shift ca not do nmothing with message every time say "setup cannot copy the file" and escap alot of file then not complet install
i used 2 copies of xp
tablet and other service pack 3 following usb-multi boot software by format my 2g usb and copy files from my xp source and boot well from usb it show me text install and go on then get copying files to install but that message come over and over "setup cannot copy the file"
what shall i do?

Alright so let me be sure that I have this right. You have tried to install XP from a 2GB USB drive, and it starts to install, then says that it cannot copy a file to the hard drive. Have you formatted your Shifts HDD using the Windows installer, and made sure to format it as NTFS? Also, are you using a legit copy of XP? Sometimes ones that you download from the net have things removed to make them have a smaller footprint once installed, but they also don't install correctly via USB. If you have a real retail XP copy, or have downloaded a copy of plain XP, I would redo your USB stick as it sounds like not all of the files where copied correctly to it. Let me know what happens.

first thanks so much for share and rely
second i formated it to ntsf after make 10g for c and the rest for d
second i downloaded the 2 copies from internet the tablet and the sp3
thanks so much again
i can not study and that bother me a lot cause i use my shift in my study thanks guys

Thats what I thought. You need to format both your USB drive and your Shift's HDD to NTFS. You should be asked what you want to format the HDD as when installing XP onto your Shift from the USB drive. I would also reccomend getting a clean version of XP Service Pack 2 as it seems to be about the most stable version to install from a USB drive. Download/get XP STOCK SP2, no modifications just the stock image, format your USB drive and Shift HDD as NTFS, and try again. Let me know.

thanks man so much i will do your advice and tell you
but i can not get real guide to format my usb to ntsf from windows thanks

Heres a sure fire way to format it as NTFS:
1-Open a command prompt.
2-Enter DISKPART
3-Enter LIST DISK
4-SELECT DISK (X)
CLEAN
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
SELECT PARTITION 1
ACTIVE
FORMAT FS=NTFS
Replace the (X) with the name of your thumbdrive under My Computer.
Wait for it to finish, then close that window and voila! Your USB drive is formatted as NTFS and ready for use.

sorry
i did it only show my 0 disk of my desktop hard eisk but never show me the usb

Can you format it through My Computer?

thanks man so much i already change my usb stick to 4g ntsf one and it work now great
i am now install the xp sp2 retail
when i finish what shal i do for make other stuff worki like wifi 3g fingerprint and touch screen???/

i did it.........................thanks guys
how to enable 3g and wirless now
and change display??

Just install the drivers from the HTC website and it should work.

thanks man i already done but problem with
intel graphic for xp
wireless
3g
control center

Download the graphics drivers from Intel. You MUST install the Control Center and ECD drivers before the WiFi drivers. After you install the Control Center, go into it and turn on WiFi, Windows will then (hopefully) find a driver and install it. And for 3G I don't know as I don't use my SIM slot on my Shift, I tether my HD2 via WiFi for mobile internet.

thanks so much man you are so good kind person for that great help and care
everything is working now well but the vga and 3g....any way thanks so much

Question Cant install fresh copy of xp

So I had this old ass desktop donated to me and the hdd was filled with so much crap I couldn't even install rufus to burn an xp iso to a USB drive. So I finally get to my PC, which is not easy to get over to use, and burn an a supposed untouched xp iso with sp3. So I boot up from USB everything seems to be going smoothly I format the entire drive because there were a few partitions on the hdd I figured I didn't need all that crap, if I remember back to around 2003 multiple partitions weren't needed to install xp. Anyways the drive formats fine, I hit install, and run out the door to handle a few errands as I was late meeting with a friend. I get home and I can't remember the exact error it threw at me when I walked in the door but basically I started a reinstall. Except now, everything from my USB drive loads normally but before the installation screee. Actually starts up it tells me that there is no valid xp operating installed on the hd and that I need to insert a windows xp cd to verify that my installation is legit or something like that. So it's either f3 to quit or enter to continue. I hit enter hoping it will read from my USB but that didn't work. So I'm a little stuck here because the only PC I have that can burn cd or DVDs is this desktop.my laptop doesn't have a rw drive.