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Connecting to a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server
Microsoft Windows 95 SR2.5
Known Problems
Problem 1
Windows 95 will automatically select the driver (E100BNT5.SYS-NDIS 5
driver) for the “Intel PRO/100B PCI adapter”, from the Intel driver diskette
during installation. This driver will not successfully install in Microsoft
Windows 95 SR2.5. A yellow exclamation mark in Device Manager will appear
next to the NIC device. To fix this problem the E100BNT.SYS-NDIS 4 drive
must replace the NDIS 5 driver.
To fix this problem:
1
Double-click on the NIC device in device manager.
2
Double-click on “Intel PRO/100B PCI adapter (TX)”.
3
Select the “Driver” tab and click on “Update Driver…”
4
Select “No, select driver from list”.
5
Insert the driver disk and click on “Have Disk…”
6
Type in the location of the driver disk and click on “OK”.
7
Select “Show all devices”.
8
Select “8255x-based PCI Ethernet adapter (10/100)” from the list and click
“OK”.
9
Type in the location of the driver disk and click on “OK”.
10
Click on “Yes” when prompted to keep an existing file.
11
Click on “Yes” to restart the system.
Problem 2
Windows 95 will lose all network connections when the system comes out o
suspend mode. This APM problem is known and acknowledged by Microsoft
under ref ID: Q238871 (http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/
Q238/8/71.asp)
To prevent this problem:
1
From the “Control Panel”, double-click on the “Power” icon.
2
On the “Power” tab, disable “Allow Windows to manage power use on this
computer” and click on “OK”.
3
Click on “Yes” to confirm the change.
4
Click on “Yes” to restart the system.
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