Known Problems

Connecting to a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server

Microsoft Windows 95 SR2.5

Problem 1

Windows 95 will automatically select the driver (E100BNT5.SYS-NDIS 5 driver) for the “Intel PRO/100B PCI adapter”, from the Intel driver diskette during installation. This driver will not successfully install in Microsoft Windows 95 SR2.5. A yellow exclamation mark in Device Manager will appear next to the NIC device. To fix this problem the E100BNT.SYS-NDIS 4 drive must replace the NDIS 5 driver.

To fix this problem:

1Double-click on the NIC device in device manager.

2Double-click on “Intel PRO/100B PCI adapter (TX)”.

3Select the “Driver” tab and click on “Update Driver…”

4Select “No, select driver from list”.

5Insert the driver disk and click on “Have Disk…”

6Type in the location of the driver disk and click on “OK”.

7Select “Show all devices”.

8Select “8255x-based PCI Ethernet adapter (10/100)” from the list and click “OK”.

9Type in the location of the driver disk and click on “OK”.

10Click on “Yes” when prompted to keep an existing file.

11Click on “Yes” to restart the system.

Problem 2

Windows 95 will lose all network connections when the system comes out o suspend mode. This APM problem is known and acknowledged by Microsoft under ref ID: Q238871 (http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/ Q238/8/71.asp)

To prevent this problem:

1From the “Control Panel”, double-click on the “Power” icon.

2On the “Power” tab, disable “Allow Windows to manage power use on this computer” and click on “OK”.

3Click on “Yes” to confirm the change.

4Click on “Yes” to restart the system.