Microsoft KB Archive/281505

= PC Card Device May Not Work in Windows 2000 =

Article ID: 281505

Article Last Modified on 2/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1

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This article was previously published under Q281505



SYMPTOMS
A PC Card device that works correctly in Microsoft Windows 98 may not work in Windows 2000.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if the PC Card device has its configuration information in common memory instead of attribute memory. The Pcmcia.sys driver in Windows 2000 does not recognize such devices.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:  Date       Time      Version          Size     File name --  5/28/2001   09:24p     -               34,756   Ntdetect.com 5/29/2001  09:28a    5.0.2195.3649    58,992   Pci.sys 6/1/2001   03:35p    5.0.2195.3664   109,232   Pcmcia.sys



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Additional query words: kbBaseOS pcmcia

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp3fix kbqfe kbwin2000sp3fix kboswin2000fix kbhotfixserver KB281505

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