why on earth would u downgrade to win2000. 2000 had tons of issues with reliablity and conflicts with software.  go back to xp. why mess with something that was probably working. and it was a new system. hopefully system restore will work if not then use cd and go to xp.

I am not going to debate about Windows 2000 vs XP. I think it is sufficient to say that in MY experience, I have found Windows 2000 to be far more stable and does exactly what I want it to do without all these annoying wizards and other "user-friendly" tools which annoy me to no end.

As biased as my personal experience may be, Windows 2000 has served me well. Windows XP has not. It may not be the case for most Windows users, but it is the case for me, and since I am installing the computer for my personal use, I think my preference and bias are all that counts. :)

Anyway, thanks to bacillus for the link. The driver worked, although I still needed to download SD storage card driver from Windows Update. But that was no hassle once the reader was recognised by Windows OS.

Now Windows 2000 lives here.

Again, thank you very much!!!

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Not funny. The driver you posted does not work for XP SP2. "This computer does not support this operating system" error.

 

Yeah. Right.

Don't know what you are talking about. The title of the thread clearly states Windows 2000. If the driver doesn't work under XP, why should anyone be surprised?

That driver posted by bacillus at least gets the SD card reader recognised by Windows 2000... then another Windows Update got it working perfectly. It worked for me.

Yes, SP2 is supposed to have built-in support.

But once again, bacillus only posted the link to the driver to help me out. And I run Windows 2000.

So the point is, whether the driver works at all for Windows XP or not, is rather irrelevant to me or the topic of discussion.

Sorry you don't know what I am talking about.

 

Bacillus driver works for 2000 and XP SP1, but not SP2.

 

Doesn't SP2 have built-in support for the reader?

I have the same problem on a 9300 with XP SP2. My card is a Lexar Platinum 40x Speed SD. Same thing from Dell: "some cards just don't work" But it works fine via USB.
ARGH!