Microsoft MN-730 manual Setup, Gather Components, Tools, and Information

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Using the Setup Wizard

This chapter will guide you through the setup process for your Microsoft® Broadband Networking Wireless PCI Adapter. To set up your adapter, you need a computer that:

OIs running Microsoft Windows® XP, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 98, or Windows 98 SE operating system.

OHas an available PCI card slot.

The steps in this chapter correspond to the steps that you will go through in the wizard on the Setup CD.

Note If you don’t want to use the Setup Wizard to set up your adapter, and you have Windows XP, it is possible to set up your adapter by using the Add Hardware Wizard and the Wireless Network Connection utility in Windows. However, using the Setup Wizard is recommended because the Setup Wizard installs the network utility software and configures your wireless network settings.

Step 1: Gather Components, Tools, and Information

1.Take the following items to your computer:

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Setup and Network Utility CD

Microsoft Wireless PCI Adapter

This User’s Guide

Documentation from your computer’s manufacturer

Phillips screwdriver

OThe floppy disk, file, printout, or written record of network settings that you created when setting up your network. (If you don’t have a saved copy of your network settings, see Appendix A, “Determining Your Network Settings.”)

OInstallation CD for your Windows operating system if your computer is running Windows Me, Windows 98, or Windows 98 SE

Note You can use the Setup and Network Utility CD (v.2.0) that comes with this adapter to install all current and previous versions of Microsoft Broadband Networking products. If you have other Microsoft Broadband Networking products on your network, you do not need to keep multiple copies of this CD and you can discard earlier versions of this CD.

2.If your computer is running Windows XP or Windows 2000, log on as a member of the Administrator group. If you are not logged on as an administrator, click Start, click Log Off, and then press CTRL+ALT+DELETE. Log on again with an administrator’s name and password.