re: having trouble [installing] 3com net card Monday, September 28, 2009 at 12:17 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by gewg_ (3929 messages posted) scott wrote: |I have an old pc with windows 98. | ...and don't realize that the kernel of your 10 year old (DOS-based) OS is DIFFERENT from that of the (NT-based) versions of Windoze sold since Y2000. |I have [installed] a 3com net card. | It's not "installed" until it's actually WORKING. What you did was "plug it in". |I used the windows drivers, | Again: "Windows" isn't necessarily "Windows". I bet you didn't read the packaging before you plunked down your cash. I bet the packaging doesn't say "Windows 98" ANYWHERE on it. I bet the documentation doesn't mention Windows 98 either. If you're going to use 10 year old software, you need to become a more savvy shopper. Big hint: Companies building products in 2009 generally DON'T bother to produce device drivers for OSes from 1998. YOU have to make the effort to seek out the ones that still DO. Written in response to: having trouble instaling 3com net card (scott: Monday, September 28, 2009 at 10:41 am) Responses to this message: re: having trouble [installing] 3com net card (Kiwi: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 9:08 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] having trouble instaling 3com net card (scott: Mon, Sep 28, 2009, 10:41 am) re: having trouble [installing] 3com net card (gewg_: Mon, Sep 28, 2009, 12:17 pm) re: having trouble [installing] 3com net card (Kiwi: Wed, Sep 30, 2009, 9:08 pm) re: having trouble [installing] 3com net card (gewg_: Thu, Oct 1, 2009, 12:46 pm) re: having trouble [installing] 3com net card (Kiwi: Thu, Oct 1, 2009, 2:51 pm) re: having trouble [installing] 3com net card (gewg_: Thu, Oct 1, 2009, 4:02 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum