Intel ETHEREXPRESS PRO/100 manual

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    Quic k Star t Car d EtherExpress ™ PR O/100 Mobile PC Card Use these instructions to install the PRO/100 PC Card under Windows 95* Windows 98*, Windows for Workgroups, or Windows NT*. For MS-DOS without Windows , see Chapter 2, Software Installation in the User’s Guide . 1. Windows 95 / 98 Start your computer first and let Windows 95 /98 run. W[...]

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    4. Install the drivers for your operating system Windows 95/98: See section below. Windows 3.x and Windows for Workgroups: See section below. Windows NT 4.0: Choose Control Panel, Network, Adapters, Add, and Have Disk. Insert the Intel Network Drivers Disk and click OK. Click Close to finalize the installation. Restart the computer when prompted. W[...]