8. Installing the device drivers in Windows 2000

The IBM International ISDN PC Card is fully compatible with Windows 2000 and is listed on the Windows 2000 HCL.

Note: Windows 2000 is the direct successor to Windows NT 4.0 and behaves similarly to its predecessor. However, Windows 2000 is a plug-and-play operating system.

Throughout this chapter it is assumed that you are logged on to a Windows 2000 system as a local Administrator. If you are not logged on as a local Administrator, you might not be able to perform all the steps outlined in this chapter.

Note that the device drivers provided on the CD no longer support the German ISDN D-channel protocol 1TR6.

The device drivers for the IBM International ISDN PC Card are installed in one step.

No separate installation is required for the NDIS WAN CAPI Device Driver because it is installed automatically with the CAPI 2.0-compliant device driver.

Installing the device drivers in Windows 2000

To install the device drivers in Windows 2000 , proceed as follows:

1.Turn off the computer, choose a PCMCIA slot and insert the IBM International ISDN PC Card into this slot without the ISDN cable attached.

2.Turn the computer back on. The Found New Hardware window opens and reports that an ISDN CARD was detected.

3.Now insert the CD labeled IBM International ISDN PC Card Drivers into your computer CD-ROM drive.

4.The Found New Hardware Wizard now opens. Click the Next button to start the device driver installation. The following window informs you that the

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