Mailing List os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Archived Message #5398

From:	"BBF Tech. Support" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>	Full Headers Undecoded message
Sender:	os2-wireless_users-owner <os2-wireless_users-owner@2rosenthals.com>
Subject:	OS/2 Wireless Users List: Driver installation
Date:	Fri, 14 Feb 2003 23:24:05 est5edt
To:	"os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>

believe it! Thanks for sharing On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 20:17:29 est5edt, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: >Okay, I know this is slightly off-topic. The humor of it just struck me. >While looking up some links for Al on the ThinkPad support page, I came >across the installation instructions for several operating systems for >the 8/2002 release of the Intel mini-PCI NIC driver. Check this out: > >For NT 4: >Update install >To update the device driver and power management driver >Ethernet Device Driver > > 1. Start Windows NT 4.0. > 2. Extract this package onto the hard disk drive. > 3. Click Start, select Settings, and then click Control Panel. > 4. Double-click the Network icon. > 5. Click the Adapters tab. > 6. Select Intel PRO/100 SP Mobile Combo Adapter. > 7. Click the Update button. > 8. Specify the directory name with the full path name where you >extracted the package in the step 2 in Insert Disk dialog box. > 9. Click the Continue button. > 10. Click the Close button. > 11. Click Yes when prompted to restart the computer. > >(There's another section of ten steps to follow up with the power >management driver.) > >For 98/Me, there are 18 steps to updating the driver. For 2000, there >are 20 steps, which are preceded by 6 steps to disable power >management on the NIC first. For XP, the same 6 steps, followed by 12 >steps to installing the driver (you know where this is headed, don't >you?)... > >For OS/2, the instructions are as follows: > > OS/2 driver is included in OS2 subdirectory in this package. To install >or update the device driver, use the standard tools provided by the >operating system and point to the media or directory containing the >drivers, such as follows: > > 1. Double-click OS/2 System. > 2. Double-click System Setup . > 3. Double-click MPTS Network Adapters and Protocol Services. > 4. Follow the instructions displayed on the screen. > >:-) > >I didn't even touch on the clean install instructions for the Windows >variants, which are about 30% longer. I know that there are a few steps >involved in the MPTS configuration, but you have to admit that one of >the following situations has been illustrated by these directions: > > 1.Windows users need more hand holding than OS/2 users (usually true, > in my experience) > 2.Windows is nowhere near as "user-friendly" as M$ would have the > public believe (also true; just spent over an hour fixing a broken > cdplayer.exe association on a W2K workstation this afternoon, > following a failed RealOne Player install) > 3.Some combination of the above two points > >Just felt the need to share that with the group! >-- >Lewis >------------------------------------------------------------ >Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA > Rosenthal & Rosenthal >Accountants / Network Consultants > New York / Northern Virginia www.2rosenthals.com >Team OS/2 / NetWare Users International www.whytheylie.com >------------------------------------------------------------ >This OS/2 system (Apollo) uptime is 0 days 02:11 hours and 28 seconds > > > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to >steward@2rosenthals.com with the command >"unsubscribe os2-wireless_users" in the body >(omit the quotes). > >For help with other commands, send a message >to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command >"help" in the body (omit the quotes). > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > Allan L. Stephan (Al) Director ITS BBF Largo, FL OS/2 loves ya baby! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command "unsubscribe os2-wireless_users" in the body (omit the quotes). For help with other commands, send a message to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command "help" in the body (omit the quotes). =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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