Updated : June 3 , 2001
	Step-by-Step Networking Procedure: Installation of Network Card Driver

On a Windows 2000 system, you need to logon as "Administrator" for this step.

Once you installed a new network card (PC-card/PCMCIA in a notebook or PCI-card in a
desktop), Windows will detect the card , it will first display a message like:
"PCI Ethernet Card detected" and then it depends, whether your version of Windows knows
already the type of network card:

Windows identified the Network card an has a driver for it in its own library: it will start installing immediately the driver and other network components (if the Windows setup-files are NOT stored on your disk, it will prompt you for the Windows CD-ROM)

Windows could NOT identify the network card and does NOT have a driver for it:

You are prompted to provide the floppy disk/CD-ROM provided by the manufacturer of the
network card. Please verify the path in "Copy manufacturer's files from" to point to the
location of the network drivers. If your Windows Setup-files are NOT stored on the harddisk,
you will also be prompted for the Windows CD-ROM:


Insert your CD-ROM, wait a few seconds (to allow the CD-ROM to spin up) and then click OK.

If you get the window "Copying Files", then you need to verify, that the path for "Copy files from" is correct and pointing to the location of the Windows SETUP-files (either on the CD-ROM or on your harddisk). You will also get this message when inserting the Windows Setup CD-ROM and you clicked too quickly on OK, the CD-ROM drive was not yet ready, click again on "OK".

Once Windows has copied the files, you will be prompted to restart your system:

Please, select "Yes", otherwise the network drivers will not be loaded and become activ.

Once the system has rebooted, check that the device driver for the network card has been
installed and is properly working:

In the "Control-Panel", start the "System" Applet, select the tab: "Device Manager":

Look at "Network Adapters", click on the "+" to display all installed adapters:
- does it show as symbol the ?
- display for the Network card the "Properties"
- does it show as "Device status ": "This device is working properly" ?

If there is no yellow mark or red-cross on the adapter icon and if the device is listed as
"working properly", you are ready to continue to configure your network.

	In the "Control-Panel": start the "System" Applet
	select the tab: "Hardware", then click on the button "Device Manager":
	Look at "Network Adapters", click on the "+" to display all installed adapters: - does it show as symbol the ? - display for the Network card via right-click the "Properties"
	does it show as "Device status ": "This device is working properly" ? If there is no yellow mark or red-cross on the adapter icon and if the device is listed as "working properly", you are ready to continue to configure your network.

However, if the "Device status" shows anythink like:

then you need to start Trouble-Shooting the Device-Manager problem :
- verify the error code (see Device Manager Codes ).

Depending on the error-code, it may help to install the PCI-network card in a different PCI-slot,
or you need to install a newer driver for the network card (remember my remarks on Decide on Brand of Network card ? )