What community for Windows 2008 hardware questions?

[tl]

Hi

What community should I use for problems I'm having adding tape device
drivers on a Windows 2008 x64 system?

Thanks!
tl

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Re: What community for Windows 2008 hardware questions?

tl <tl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> What community should I use for problems I'm having adding tape device
> drivers on a Windows 2008 x64 system?
>
> Thanks!
> tl

I'd try microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general, but crosspost here for fun.
And note that these are newsgroups, not web forums (fora?)...you'll have a
much better experience with them if you don't use the web interface.

Try a news client, such as Forte Agent, Thunderbird, or even Outlook
Express, rather than the pretty clunky web interface to the newsgroups. It's
a lot easier to do nearly everything that way. You can mark messages to be
watched, filter the views so you can see replies to your posts easily, and
search.

The Microsoft public news server is msnews.microsoft.com and you can
subscribe to as many groups as you like; no authentication is required.

The following is from a post by MVP Malke ...

-------------------------------------------------------
Here's information on Usenet and using a newsreader:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page3.html#12-09-02 - a brief
explanation of newsgroups
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlo...ssnewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...wto/default.asp
- Set Up Newsreader

http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is
working properly
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs.
crossposting

Some newsreaders for Windows
http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php - for Forte
http://www.mozilla.org (Thunderbird does newsgroups)
http://gravity.tbates.org/

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[Meinolf Weber]

Re: What community for Windows 2008 hardware questions?

Hello tl,

What error do you get? Are the drivers for 64bit systems from the tape device
vendor?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights.
** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
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> Hi
>
> What community should I use for problems I'm having adding tape device
> drivers on a Windows 2008 x64 system?
>
> Thanks!
> tl

 

[tl]

Re: What community for Windows 2008 hardware questions?

Hi Meinolf

I have a Windows 2008 x64 system, and I'm trying to use a Sony SDZ-120 SAIT
tape drive. I've downloaded the correct driver
(http://sony.storagesupport.com/node/464). But when I try to install the
driver in Device Manager, I get the error, "Windows cannot load the device
driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupt or missing (Code 39)".

I asked Sony technical support about this, and they said it was a problem in
the Registry. I Google'd 'code 39', and found several KBs on how to fix a
'code 39' problem with DVD/CD drives. But I can't find anything about 'code
39' and tape drives. The instructions in the KBs for 'code 39' and DVD/CD
drives don't seem to map to what I see with a tape drive.

Help, please!

Thanks
tl

"Meinolf Weber" wrote:

> Hello tl,
>
> What error do you get? Are the drivers for 64bit systems from the tape device
> vendor?
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
> no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>
> > Hi
> >
> > What community should I use for problems I'm having adding tape device
> > drivers on a Windows 2008 x64 system?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > tl
>
>
>