smartmedia readers

Take a look in the System and event logs to see if there are error messages
in there that are more helpfull.

I'm using an old Microtech CF/Smart media adaptor (USB 1.1) on WinXP Pro and
in the device manager under Universal Serial Bus Controllers I have the
following driver "DPCM-USB Reader", which I think I downloaded it from their
web site.




"Zorro1967uk" <Zorro1967@lycos.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4E081EA7-319F-426F-894C-F1543168DF0E@microsoft.com...

> over the last few weeks i have been beating my head against my desk trying

to smartmedia reader to work. I have tried carious different make readers
and smartmedia cards, all with the same outcome. According to all the
manufacturers sites no drivers are neaded for xp. However everytime i try a
new media reader the same message comes up"cannot instal hardware. There is
a problem installing hardware. Generic usb smc readerusb device. An error
occured during the installation of the device. The specified service does
not exist as an installed service." What does this mean? If you read the
right ups on these devices, they are all 4 or 5 star products i am using.
People also boast how easy they are to install and yet i know of atleast 1
more pc local to me that is having the same problem. Please Please can
someone help me. Many thanks