Installing the driver software

Notes

•If your operating system is Windows 2000, you must log onto your system with Administrator privileges.

•If your computer has only one PC card slot, and your CD-ROM drive must be connected through it, copy the Wireless LAN folder from the Sony- supplied CD-ROM into the hard disk before inserting the Wireless LAN PC Card. The following uses C:\Temp folder as an example.

If you can use the CD- ROM drive while the Wireless LAN PC Card is inserted, the following steps are not required. Begin installation starting from step 1.

1Connect the CD-ROM drive to the computer and insert the Sony- supplied CD-ROM into the drive.

2Copy the Wireless LAN folder in the CD-ROM to C:\Temp folder with the Windows Explorer.

3Remove the CD-ROM drive from the PC card slot, then, proceed to step 2.

•If your computer has two PC card slots and your CD-ROM drive must be connected through one of them, connect the CD-ROM drive to the bottom slot.

Install the driver software for the Wireless LAN PC Card. The installation procedure requires the availability of a CD-ROM drive when the Wireless LAN PC Card inserted.

1 Insert the supplied CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

2 Insert the Wireless LAN PC Card into the PC card slot.

The Add New Hardware Wizard appears.

3 Click Next.

4 Confirm that “Find an appropriate driver for a device in use.” is selected, then click Next.

5 Select Specify a search location.

If the internal CD-ROM drive of your computer contains the supplied CD-ROM, select CD-ROM drive.

If the contents of the supplied CD-ROM have been copied onto the hard disk, do the following:

1Check Specify a search location.

2Click Browse.

3Select the copied folder (C:\Temp\WirelessLAN in this example) and click OK.

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