Registered: Sep 2001
Location: toronto
Posts: 85

XP and my VISOR are going to kill me!

Ok i have been reading the forums about this and nothing seems to help me..i just cant get this damn XP to work with the prism..i have truied everyhting reinstalling uninstalling installing old palm desktop new palm desktop ..cripes ive tried it all!!!


I f anyone has actually got it to work right (no bullshi&*ing please) could you please lay it out for me how you did it...cause i am about 5 hours away form a meeting and 5 mins away from smashing all this computer crap >

thanks and god speed

__________________
[ trust ]
[ DYSfunction8.com ]

Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Posts: 51

I'm with you on this one.

Registered: Sep 2001
Location: toronto
Posts: 85

PLEASE GOD HELP US

__________________
[ trust ]
[ DYSfunction8.com ]

Registered: Dec 2000
Location: NJ,US
Posts: 94

I had the same problem with the beta. I remember
I got instructions from somewhere that help me to
get it to recognize the usb driver.

This may not be exactly correct:

1: go to device manager in the control panel
2: hit the hotsync button on the cradle
3: the handspring device should show up.
4: open properties and select update driver
5: find the handspring driver


This is all from memory.

Registered: Sep 2001
Location: toronto
Posts: 85

cool i treid that last night ..i get the handspring driver ..then it asks for the VISORUsb.inf .....then i find it.... then it loads it .....then billy gates says "that driver contains no information about your hardware"....... then billy gets mad again...then i try again and it says "you should replace your usb device"......then i fooking smash the computer in disgust for windows XP....

__________________
[ trust ]
[ DYSfunction8.com ]

Registered: Oct 2001
Location: SouthWest Missouri
Posts: 3

Got a new Dell 2100 with Win Xp and my little visor and all its software work just fine. The new computer came with all the usual stuff pre-loaded from Dell. I installed my Palm DeskTop stuff and haven't had any problems. Does any of this help?

Registered: Oct 2001
Location: SouthWest Missouri
Posts: 3

visor and XP

just read an article on another web site which says if you're trying to run ver 4.0.1 of palm desktop with win Xp, it will not work...and handspring is supposed to be working on a fix by year's end..I'll get the link for you asap

Registered: Oct 2001
Location: SouthWest Missouri
Posts: 3

Palm Desktop ver 4.0.1

check out visorvillage.com - they posted an article on 10/29 re incompatability between WINXP and Ver 4.0.1. Sorry it took three replies to get this to you!

Registered: Nov 1999
Location: dynamic!
Posts: 189

no problems here for some time now.. in fact XP's default sound scheme appears to add cool 'chime' melodies to the pop up and close of the Hotsync window

XP has been perfect.. just waiting for my scanner drivers.. nofault of MS. Just need to get me some dirt cheap big blocks of SD RAM and then I'm cookin with gas.

__________________
"The Greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance -- it is the illusion of knowledge." -- Daniel Borstin

Registered: Sep 2001
Location: toronto
Posts: 85

ya i have the sounds I have the hotsync app in the systray..jsuy cant get the dam visor installed christ i hate windows

__________________
[ trust ]
[ DYSfunction8.com ]

Registered: Sep 2001
Location: toronto
Posts: 85

oh crap it just worked once right after i uninstalled and reinstalled the visor driver...i loaded the one off the old handspring cd and it worked for one hotsync...now the "device is not recognized"....crap crappity crap!

__________________
[ trust ]
[ DYSfunction8.com ]

Registered: Sep 2001
Location: toronto
Posts: 85

Screw XP!!! im unistalling right now and going back to 98 ..at least my USB hub and devices will work with that ....

what a joke WINXP has turned out to be...really....
i cant dual up monitors , i cant view half the stuff on the web that i used to be able to...i cant use the web cam, tablet or the VISOR, and i fear what next problem i will have with it...

screw this im taking it back to fricken future shop and keeping the free stick or ram they gave me with it...F-U billy gates and your weak ass XP

__________________
[ trust ]
[ DYSfunction8.com ]

Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Posts: 51

Nugnu22, what version of the desktop did you load. The newest one from Handsprings web site or the one that came with your unit? What else is loaded on your system as far as other programs? I installed the desktop software after I had installed Easy CD Creator and Norton Antivirus. That was all that was on my system then. Just wondering if one of them is causing me problems. I am tempted to do a clean install again and try and install palm desktop first and see if that makes any difference. This is driving me crazy that it is working for some people and not for others. Something is amiss. By the way what Visor are you using? I am using a Deluxe.

Registered: Mar 2001
Location:
Posts: 347

quote:

---

Originally posted by Crustytrusty
screw this im taking it back to fricken future shop and keeping the free stick or ram they gave me with it...F-U billy gates and your weak ass XP

---

Registered: Oct 2000
Location:
Posts: 15

Try this if you haven't:

• Uninstall the desktop software
  
• Remove any entries in the registry reffering to the HotSync software. (BE CAREFUL IN THE REGISTRY! You may want to back it up.)
  
• Delete the Handspring and Palm folder in the Programs Files folder.
  
• Reinstall with the latest relase from Handspring's website
  

__________________
___________________________________

rm -rf /bin/laden

Registered: Sep 2001
Location: toronto
Posts: 85

Ok it works when you do this ---> http://discussion.visorcentral.com/...;threadid=19350

weeeee

__________________
[ trust ]
[ DYSfunction8.com ]

Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Posts: 51

Mine was a clean install. I have now installed and uninstalled the newest version twice with no luck and have tried the version which came with my unit, also with no luck. I havent removed any entries from the registry in between installations but did remove the folders from the harddrive. I may try a new clean install of XP next and install the palm desktop first and see if that works, if not then going back to 2000.