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  Dec 2 2006, 06:42 PM
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I've tried a US Robotics 54g USB adapter from another machine to access my existing network, but Vista did not recognize it, mfgr says they have no compatible drivers. So far, I've not found a list of hardware that might be compatible for this purpose and would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks. -------------------- AMD 64 X2, ECS 480-X, 1GB RAM, 250 GB SATA, 120 & 160 GB PATAs, NVIDIA GEForce 6200, SB Audigy 2 ZS, XP SP2, CounterSpy, Ad-ware SE, avast!, spybot s & d
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Dec 4 2006, 12:04 AM
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 Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 325 Joined: 16-November 06 From: Hammond, IN Member No.: 96,080 |
Use ms update on Vista, and it should find drivers, if not you'll have to install one manually, sometimes the XP drivers will work, but not always
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Dec 4 2006, 05:38 AM
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Vista had some teething pains with networking in the earlier builds. There hasn't been much mentioned about it recently so I'd imagine that it was OK now tho'.
My laptop had no problems with the earlier builds - and I believe that it was an Intel wireless chip that it used (although it could have been the Atheros chip instead). -------------------- - John
**If you need a more detailed explanation, please ask for it. I have the Knack. ** |
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Dec 5 2006, 01:44 PM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 325 Joined: 16-November 06 From: Hammond, IN Member No.: 96,080 |
My RC1 build I had worked fine, the only driver I needed I knew from the start I was going to, and had it ready to install. Happy to say Vista treated me well as an OS, but I'm a gamer, so I moved back to XP so I could run my games again
-------------------- Let free your emotions so I can destroy them!
PSP M33 USER. MY new PC is a laptop and I love it. |
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Dec 6 2006, 12:19 AM
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im using a belkin 54g wirless pci card i did have to in sert the install cd to get the drivers off of it but other than that my wireless setup is working better than xp has ever worked its faster and mor stable
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Dec 6 2006, 03:13 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 37 Joined: 10-December 05 From: Arizona Member No.: 43,976 |
Thanks for the suggestions, but no luck. My work-around was to bite the bullet and fish the cable.
Not my favorite task, I always make a huge mess and I hate patching drywall. Let's see, how does that go? Measure once, cut twice? Ugh! -------------------- AMD 64 X2, ECS 480-X, 1GB RAM, 250 GB SATA, 120 & 160 GB PATAs, NVIDIA GEForce 6200, SB Audigy 2 ZS, XP SP2, CounterSpy, Ad-ware SE, avast!, spybot s & d
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Dec 8 2006, 09:07 AM
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Visually handicapped, hence the avatar :0) Group: Moderator Posts: 14,526 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824 |
Nope, with drywall it's "Measure once, go out and get some Spackle!"
 Try right clicking on the installer, select the Compatibility mode tab, then select "Run in XP compatibility mode" and "Run as Administrator". Then, rather than double clicking on the icon to run the software, righ click and select "Run as Administrator". It's worked for me on several stubborn apps that refuse to work otherwise. I have had an issue with Thunderbird in that the setting in Compatibility mode didn't carry over after the extraction of the files (it was an executable zip file, but wasn't in zip format) - that's when I stumbled upon the second "Run as Administrator" thing. -------------------- - John
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