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Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager on Older Operating Systems

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Lantronix N-GXE-xx-02 User Guide Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager on Older Operating Systems On systems running Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, you must install the legacy version of Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager. If it is available on your install media, Autorun.exe will detect your operating system and install the correct drivers and software. For manual installs, the software and installers are on your install media in these directories. .\APPS\PROSETDX\Win32Legacy, .\APPS\PROSETDX\Winx64Legacy .\APPS\SETUP\SETUPBD\Win32Legacy, and .\APPS\SETUP\SETUPBD\Winx64Legacy Note that the legacy version of the software will not change on every release. Installing Drivers and Intel(R) PROSet for Windows* Device Manager You must have administrator rights to install or use Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager. Intel recommends the following procedure for installing drivers: 1) Cancel any Found New Hardware Wizard screens that open. 2) Start the autorun located on the CD or in your download directory. 3) Click "Install Drivers and Software" and follow the instructions in the install wizard. Intel(R) PROSet functionality is integrated with the Windows Device Manager. To configure Intel(R) Ethernet Adapters and Controllers, open the Windows Device Manager. Do not open adapter, team, or VLAN properties from the network control panel as you may be prompted to reboot your system. You must upgrade PROSet when upgrading drivers. Failure to do so will result in instability and missing tabs in Windows Device Manager. For software and driver versions prior to Release 16.2, if you have Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) boot enabled on any devices in the system, you will not be able to upgrade your drivers. You must disable FCoE boot before upgrading your ethernet drivers. This issue is resolved in Release 16.2 and beyond. Note: Support for the Intel PROSet command line utilities (prosetcl.exe and crashdmp.exe) has been removed. This functionality has been replaced by the Intel Netcmdlets for Microsoft* Windows PowerShell*. Please transition all of your scripts and processes to use the Intel Netcmdlets for Microsoft Windows PowerShell. Microsoft* Windows* 8.1 and Windows Server* 2012 R2 are the last operating systems to support the Intel PROSet command line utilities. 33748 Rev. C https://www.lantronix.com/ 12

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Lantronix
N-GXE-xx-02 User Guide
33748 Rev. C
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Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager on Older Operating Systems
On systems running Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, you must install the
legacy version of Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager.
If it is available on your install media, Autorun.exe will detect your operating system and install the correct
drivers and software. For manual installs, the software and installers are on your install media in these
directories.
.\APPS\PROSETDX\Win32Legacy, .\APPS\PROSETDX\Winx64Legacy
.\APPS\SETUP\SETUPBD\Win32Legacy, and .\APPS\SETUP\SETUPBD\Winx64Legacy
Note that the legacy version of the software will not change on every release.
Installing Drivers and Intel(R) PROSet for Windows* Device Manager
You must have administrator rights to install or use Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager. Intel
recommends the following procedure for installing drivers:
1) Cancel any Found New Hardware Wizard screens that open.
2) Start the autorun located on the CD or in your download directory.
3) Click "Install Drivers and Software" and follow the instructions in the install wizard.
Intel(R) PROSet functionality is integrated with the Windows Device Manager. To configure Intel(R)
Ethernet Adapters and Controllers, open the Windows Device Manager. Do not open adapter, team, or
VLAN properties from the network control panel as you may be prompted to reboot your system.
You must upgrade PROSet when upgrading drivers. Failure to do so will result in instability and missing
tabs in Windows Device Manager. For software and driver versions prior to Release 16.2, if you have
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) boot enabled on any devices in the system, you will not be able to
upgrade your drivers. You must disable FCoE boot before upgrading your ethernet drivers. This issue is
resolved in Release 16.2 and beyond.
Note
: Support for the Intel PROSet command line utilities (prosetcl.exe and crashdmp.exe) has been
removed. This functionality has been replaced by the Intel Netcmdlets for Microsoft* Windows
PowerShell*. Please transition all of your scripts and processes to use the Intel Netcmdlets for Microsoft
Windows PowerShell. Microsoft* Windows* 8.1 and Windows Server* 2012 R2 are the last operating
systems to support the Intel PROSet command line utilities.