JohnN wrote:

Given that the installer hangs and doesn't complete am I correct in
assuming that you don't see a popup small rectangular window that
says something along the lines of "Updating hardware information
database"?
Hi Mike,

I do get this message along with its 'updating bar' across the
screen! - and this completes!

That's interesting. I wonder why the installer then hangs as it should have
done its job by then although from your posts it appears it doesn't install
the rt73 driver.
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Mike Maltby