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Ethernet Controller?
Was going to work on Start menu from the other thread on this computer, but
another issue came up. I am starting to configure a DUN configuration, Network was showing TCP/IP and several other usual entries and a icon, no description. Properties said it was for NT??? so I removed it. It said reboot, then asked for files on W98 disk, it would not search there, I finally canceled and booted normal. I looked in DM, I see question mark for 3Com PCI Eternet Controller. I deleted it as I use DUN. Now every reboot, it finds that PCI controller as new hardware and reinstalls it, asking for files. Advice? Another issue: On initial BIOS screen, I see MBA- Managed PC Boot Agent. What is this? ms |
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Get past the prompt to install the NIC (or find the drivers and properly
install it) then go to Device Manager, find the NIC (probably with yellow exclamation point), right-click the item, then Properties, then "Disable in this profile" (or something similar.) -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "ms" wrote in message ... Was going to work on Start menu from the other thread on this computer, but another issue came up. I am starting to configure a DUN configuration, Network was showing TCP/IP and several other usual entries and a icon, no description. Properties said it was for NT??? so I removed it. It said reboot, then asked for files on W98 disk, it would not search there, I finally canceled and booted normal. I looked in DM, I see question mark for 3Com PCI Eternet Controller. I deleted it as I use DUN. Now every reboot, it finds that PCI controller as new hardware and reinstalls it, asking for files. Advice? Another issue: On initial BIOS screen, I see MBA- Managed PC Boot Agent. What is this? ms |
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"ms" wrote in message
... . . . . It said reboot, then asked for files on W98 disk, it would not search there, I finally canceled and booted normal. I looked in DM, I see question mark for 3Com PCI Eternet Controller. I deleted it as I use DUN. Now every reboot, it finds that PCI controller as new hardware and reinstalls it, asking for files. Advice? Finding "new" hardware on reboot will continue so long as you have Ethernet hardware that is not configured for use. Most PCs allow you to disable Ethernet in BIOS (by interrupting reboot early with a key identified in the first message on screen -- usually DELete; and then locate the right setting in the BIOS menus and reset it and key Save & Exit.) Your old Registry recorded the full filepath of certain system files when Win98 was first installed (i.e. usually to the CD as drive D If you later added a drive, the saved filepath no longer works: but you can usually /Browse to the new correct filepath. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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ms wrote in :
Was going to work on Start menu from the other thread on this computer, but another issue came up. I am starting to configure a DUN configuration, Network was showing TCP/IP and several other usual entries and a icon, no description. Properties said it was for NT??? so I removed it. It said reboot, then asked for files on W98 disk, it would not search there, I finally canceled and booted normal. I looked in DM, I see question mark for 3Com PCI Eternet Controller. I deleted it as I use DUN. Now every reboot, it finds that PCI controller as new hardware and reinstalls it, asking for files. Advice? Another issue: On initial BIOS screen, I see MBA- Managed PC Boot Agent. What is this? ms Thanks to all, a backup reg to yesterday, and disable in current profile should take care of it. Any ideas on this? I never saw it on any other machine. Another issue: On initial BIOS screen, I see MBA- Managed PC Boot Agent. ms |
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ms wrote in :
ms wrote in : Was going to work on Start menu from the other thread on this computer, but another issue came up. I am starting to configure a DUN configuration, Network was showing TCP/IP and several other usual entries and a icon, no description. Properties said it was for NT??? so I removed it. It said reboot, then asked for files on W98 disk, it would not search there, I finally canceled and booted normal. I looked in DM, I see question mark for 3Com PCI Eternet Controller. I deleted it as I use DUN. Now every reboot, it finds that PCI controller as new hardware and reinstalls it, asking for files. Advice? Another issue: On initial BIOS screen, I see MBA- Managed PC Boot Agent. What is this? ms Thanks to all, a backup reg to yesterday, and disable in current profile should take care of it. Any ideas on this? I never saw it on any other machine. Another issue: On initial BIOS screen, I see MBA- Managed PC Boot Agent. ms Also, on bootup, screen says- initializing MBA, Lanmark 2000 subsidiary of 3Com. Is something running at bootup that is not needed? Update- going to yesterdays registry, and disabling the 3Com PCI Eternet Controller in the current profile fixed the finding new hardware screen problem. In DM under Network Adapters: I have 4 entries- Dialup Adapter - enabled 3Com PCI Eternet Controller- disabled as above Dialup Adapter #2(VPN Support)- I disabled this MS Virtual Private Networking Adapter- I disabled this In the past, in DUN setup issues, it was stated to simplify the Network area as much as possible, eliminate any unnecessary functions. Advice? ms |
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"ms" wrote in message ...
Was going to work on Start menu from the other thread on this computer, but another issue came up. I am starting to configure a DUN configuration, Network was showing TCP/IP and several other usual entries and a icon, no description. Properties said it was for NT??? so I removed it. It said reboot, then asked for files on W98 disk, it would not search there, I finally canceled and booted normal. I looked in DM, I see question mark for 3Com PCI Eternet Controller. I deleted it as I use DUN. Now every reboot, it finds that PCI controller as new hardware and reinstalls it, asking for files. Advice? Um....stop deleting things if you don't know what they are or what they are for. You need to reinstall the drivers for the 3Com PCI Ethernet Controller. If you don't want to do that, then you need to let Windows finish the hardware detection instead of canceling. If Windows can't find the proper driver, and pointing it to the Windows\Inf folder or the Windows\System folder does not find it, just click Finish, so it can be installed as an Unknown Device in Device Manager....then at least it won't be redetected every startup. Another issue: On initial BIOS screen, I see MBA- Managed PC Boot Agent. What is this? I though Jeff Richards had discussed this in reply to your thread here last month, Subject: "Error screen + issues" Google: managed boot agent (MBA) "Client-based firmware that enables client PCs and network devices to access and boot from boot image files on a server." -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm |
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"ms" wrote in message ...
ms wrote in : ms wrote in : Was going to work on Start menu from the other thread on this computer, but another issue came up. I am starting to configure a DUN configuration, Network was showing TCP/IP and several other usual entries and a icon, no description. Properties said it was for NT??? so I removed it. It said reboot, then asked for files on W98 disk, it would not search there, I finally canceled and booted normal. I looked in DM, I see question mark for 3Com PCI Eternet Controller. I deleted it as I use DUN. Now every reboot, it finds that PCI controller as new hardware and reinstalls it, asking for files. Advice? Another issue: On initial BIOS screen, I see MBA- Managed PC Boot Agent. What is this? ms Thanks to all, a backup reg to yesterday, and disable in current profile should take care of it. Any ideas on this? I never saw it on any other machine. Another issue: On initial BIOS screen, I see MBA- Managed PC Boot Agent. ms Also, on bootup, screen says- initializing MBA, Lanmark 2000 subsidiary of 3Com. Is something running at bootup that is not needed? Update- going to yesterdays registry, and disabling the 3Com PCI Eternet Controller in the current profile fixed the finding new hardware screen problem. In DM under Network Adapters: I have 4 entries- Dialup Adapter - enabled 3Com PCI Eternet Controller- disabled as above Dialup Adapter #2(VPN Support)- I disabled this MS Virtual Private Networking Adapter- I disabled this In the past, in DUN setup issues, it was stated to simplify the Network area as much as possible, eliminate any unnecessary functions. Advice? Everything you are doing there, as far as disabling these things, is unnecessary. I am not sure why you think these need to be disabled. I can understand the Ethernet controller if you don't use it, though I don't really see the point. You gain nothing at all by disabling the other items. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm |
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"glee" wrote in
: "ms" wrote in message ... Was going to work on Start menu from the other thread on this computer, but another issue came up. I am starting to configure a DUN configuration, Network was showing TCP/IP and several other usual entries and a icon, no description. Properties said it was for NT??? so I removed it. It said reboot, then asked for files on W98 disk, it would not search there, I finally canceled and booted normal. I looked in DM, I see question mark for 3Com PCI Eternet Controller. I deleted it as I use DUN. Now every reboot, it finds that PCI controller as new hardware and reinstalls it, asking for files. Advice? Um....stop deleting things if you don't know what they are or what they are for. Is it OK to allow 4 different adapters simultaenously in the current profile? You need to reinstall the drivers for the 3Com PCI Ethernet Controller. If you don't want to do that, then you need to let Windows finish the hardware detection instead of canceling. If Windows can't find the proper driver, and pointing it to the Windows\Inf folder or the Windows\System folder does not find it, just click Finish, so it can be installed as an Unknown Device in Device Manager....then at least it won't be redetected every startup. In the screen where it shows the path to search for, paste into the legend slot the desired path ?- otherwise it will not browse to another location. Another issue: On initial BIOS screen, I see MBA- Managed PC Boot Agent. What is this? I though Jeff Richards had discussed this in reply to your thread here last month, Subject: "Error screen + issues" Google: managed boot agent (MBA) "Client-based firmware that enables client PCs and network devices to access and boot from boot image files on a server." That must have been another machine I posted about, each had enough problems, hard to keep track. ms |
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"ms" wrote in message ...
snip Is it OK to allow 4 different adapters simultaenously in the current profile? snip Yes. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm |
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"glee" wrote in
: "ms" wrote in message ... snip Is it OK to allow 4 different adapters simultaenously in the current profile? snip Yes. Thanks, Glen. ms |
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