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Instant EtherFast® Series 7. After copying all the files, Windows will display the following screen. This screen means that the device driver has been properly installed. Click theFinish button. Your installation is complete. If you want to share files or printers, refer to the Windows 2000 documentation. EtherFast® 10/100 PC Cards Troubleshooting 1. Windows doesn't detect new hardware with the EtherFast Card hardware installed, or it continues to detect the card each time you restart your PC. • You might not have inserted the PC card correctly or securely into the appropriate slot of your computer. Check that the card is securely inserted into the appropriate slot. • Try inserting your card into an alternate PC slot. • You may have previously aborted a new hardware setup. Check your device manager and remove the EtherFast Card (if shown) or any unknown devices. Then, follow the instructions in the Starting Over in Windows 95, 98, or 2000. 2. Windows can't locate the driver for the EtherFast Card device. • You may have inserted the wrong diskette into your PC's drive. • The diskette may be defective or files may be missing. Make sure the disk has a few files in a:\ starting with "pc100" or a folder called "Win95" for Window 95 or "Win98" for Windows 98. 3. The Windows Logon screen doesn't appear after you restart your computer. • Click on Start, Shut Down, then Close All Programs and Logon as a Different User, (in Windows 98, select Log Off). If this doesn't solve the problem, your PC's manufacturer may have disabled Windows' networking. Contact your computer's manufacturer for help. • Check in the Device Manager to verify the network card is properly installed. 4. After entering a username and password, a window appears that reads, "No Domain Server could be found to validate your Username and Password." • Click on Start, Settings, Control Panel. Double-click on Network. Click on the Configuration tab. Under The Following Network Components are Installed box, highlight Client for Microsoft Networks and click on the Properties button. Once you are in the Client For Microsoft Networks Properties window, make sure that Log on to Windows NT Domain is unchecked. Once you have made sure that it is unchecked click on the OK button and restart your computer. 38 39

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EtherFast
®
10/100 PC Cards
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Instant EtherFast
®
Series
7. After copying all the files, Windows will display the following screen.
This screen means that the device driver has been properly installed.
Click the
Finish
button.
Your installation is complete.
If you want to share
files or printers, refer to the Windows 2000 documentation.
38
Troubleshooting
1. Windows doesn’t detect new hardware with the EtherFast Card hardware
installed, or it continues to detect the card each time you restart your PC.
• You might not have inserted the PC card correctly or securely into the appro-
priate slot of your computer. Check that the card is securely inserted into
the appropriate slot.
• Try inserting your card into an alternate PC slot.
• You may have previously aborted a new hardware setup. Check your device
manager and remove the EtherFast Card (if shown) or any unknown
devices.
Then, follow the instructions in the
Starting Over in Windows 95,
98, or 2000.
2. Windows can’t locate the driver for the EtherFast Card device.
• You may have inserted the wrong diskette into your PC’s drive.
• The diskette may be defective or files may be missing. Make sure the disk has
a few files in a:\ starting with “pc100” or a folder called “Win95” for
Window 95 or “Win98” for Windows 98.
3. The Windows Logon screen doesn’t appear after you restart your computer.
• Click on Start, Shut Down, then Close All Programs and Logon as a Different
User, (in Windows 98, select
Log Off
). If this doesn’t solve the problem,
your PC’s manufacturer may have disabled Windows’networking. Contact
your computer’s manufacturer for help.
• Check in the
Device Manager
to verify the network card is properly installed.
4. After entering a username and password, a window appears that reads, “No
Domain Server could be found to validate your Username and Password.”
• Click on
Start
,
Settings
,
Control Panel
. Double-click on
Network
. Click
on the
Configuration
tab. Under
The Following Network Components are
Installed
box, highlight
Client for Microsoft Networks
and click on the
Properties
button. Once you are in the
Client For Microsoft Networks
Properties
window, make sure that
Log on to Windows NT Domain
is
unchecked. Once you have made sure that it is unchecked click on the
OK
button and restart your computer.