forgot a step..
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by C K
(6528 messages posted)
After cleaning out old devices in safe mode, restart the machine and see if you get
any error or hardware found messages. If not, install the software first unless
the manufacturer specifically tells you not to, then shutdown and install the NIC
and restart normally. It should complete the installation process and may show the
new hardware found message. Let it complete and close everything if necessary.
Make sure it (the NIC) works, then shutdown and restart and see if the message pops
up again. If it does, I would say the manufacturers install routine is crap...
Just my experience..
On Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 10:59 am, Joe wrote:
>Never worked with Millennium much since most people had someone, or themselves remove
>it in place of 98SE or 2000. After my troubles here, I can see why.
>
>
>Anyhow I am working on a friends older P3 machine that has ME installed and she
recently
>got broadband service but no NIC in the machine with which to connect up to the
modem
>so I, having installed numerous types of cards, took it upon myself to install one.
> The card is made by "Trendnet" and is their TEG-PCITXR lowcost 10/100/1000 NIC.
> Before this card went in, however, I tried installing a couple cards I have laying
>around here and neither would install. So I get the trendnet card in and have a
>few problems along the way but eventually I get it to work. I know this because
>the machine in question is being used to convey this message. Anyhow, now, on every
>boot, I get a "New Hardware Found" wizard for both a PCI Networking Device which
>I cancel, and a PCI Device which I also cancel. Looking in Device Manager, I see
>no problematic devices with the customary yellow question mark or exclamation point.
> All devices are installed properly. No other cards have been installed after the
>trendnet NIC so why is it that I am getting these new hardware wizards each time
>I boot? I have looked through the registry to see if there was some sort of open
>process that might be causing this and I have also removed the trendnet card and
>reinstalled. In both circumstances I still get the wizards. This is bugging me
>to the point of a backup and format/install of 98SE which I've never had this sort
>of problem. Any takers? Tech Support Forum's list of wonderful helpers haven't
>managed a reply yet and I am doubting I'm going to get one here but will be happy
>to get some suggestions. Also, I've done a complete search of the web to no avail
>so if you know something or experienced this before and have a fix, let me know.
> Thanks.
>
>
>ps, sorry for the "novel" approach but I'm a writer in my spare time and don't know
>how to write short stories, (lol)
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