Sierra Wireless 555 manual Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, and XP installation procedures

Installation Guide

Note: A driver is software that provides the interface between a device (such as the AirCard) and the operating system on your PC (such as Windows 98).

Note: Users of Windows 2000 must be logged in with adminis- trative privileges to install the AirCard software. Users of Windows XP may require admin- istrative privileges, depending on the XP installation.

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·If TCP/IP is not listed, continue with step 4 of this process.

4.Click the Add... button to open the Select Component Type window.

5.Select Protocol in the component type list and click the Add... button to open the Select Network Protocol window.

6.Select Microsoft under Manufacturers and TCP/IP under Network Protocols, then click the OK button.

7.Verify that a listing for TCP/IP appears in the Network window and then click the OK button to close the window.

8.If you are prompted that your network is not complete, make the selections appropriate to your network configu- ration.

9.If you are prompted for the Windows CD, either insert the Windows 95 CD, or enter the path to the .CAB files.

10.Click Yes at the prompt to restart your PC. Once the PC has restarted, proceed to the next section.

Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, and XP installation procedures

To install Watcher, the Network Adapter Manager, and the AirCard driver:

1.If the installation CD is not already in your CD-ROM drive, insert it. The CD should autostart and display a menu.

If the CD does not autostart, select Start > Run and enter d:\launch.exe where d is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive.

2.From the CD startup window, select notebook installation and documentation and then notebook software installation to launch the InstallShield® Wizard.

3.If the Open With... window appears, cancel the installation (your computer is missing some files required for the installation). Search for Instmsia.exe (if you’re running Windows 95, 98 or Me) or Instmsiw.exe (if you’re running Windows 2000) among the downloads at www.microsoft.com. Install the file on your computer, then rerun the AirCard software installation.

4.If the Ikernel Application Error window appears:

a)Cancel the installation.

b)Download the file:

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