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NDIS Hotfix
MS KB # 312108 offers the MS unofficial hotfix
for a divide-by-zero error when installing Win98 to CPUs faster than 2.1 GHz. The error occurs in the Network Driver Interface Specification driver. The hotfix must be requested by voice to MS at 1 866 727 23389 (extra digit optional: 2338 is French language) and arrives by email as an EXE file under 220 kb. But what does this EXE do? I wish to transfer everything including Win98 over to a new fast PC, where I cannot yet instal Win98 because of the NDIS error. So I got the hotfix email on the slow old PC -- and I am not going to run it until I know it will not interfere with the old PC's operation . . . The whole " Installation Instructions" read "1. If this hotfix was delivered with hfx.exe then it can be installed by running hfx.exe from the appropriate platform directory. " So what happens if I run this EXE? Does it create a new file I can put on a floppy and run on the new PC before installing Win98 -- or should I run this EXE on the new PC ? -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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NDIS Hotfix
It just replaces a file.
This is from the install notes: "Start the target system in Safe-Mode and run the executable. It will replace the existing ndis.vxd with a fixed version. Once the patch is applied, when subsequent changes are made to the network properties of the target system, be sure NOT to let it replace the patched ndis.vxd file. If this file is replaced, you will need to re-run the patch." "Don Phillipson" wrote in message ... MS KB # 312108 offers the MS unofficial hotfix for a divide-by-zero error when installing Win98 to CPUs faster than 2.1 GHz. The error occurs in the Network Driver Interface Specification driver. The hotfix must be requested by voice to MS at 1 866 727 23389 (extra digit optional: 2338 is French language) and arrives by email as an EXE file under 220 kb. But what does this EXE do? I wish to transfer everything including Win98 over to a new fast PC, where I cannot yet instal Win98 because of the NDIS error. So I got the hotfix email on the slow old PC -- and I am not going to run it until I know it will not interfere with the old PC's operation . . . The whole " Installation Instructions" read "1. If this hotfix was delivered with hfx.exe then it can be installed by running hfx.exe from the appropriate platform directory. " So what happens if I run this EXE? Does it create a new file I can put on a floppy and run on the new PC before installing Win98 -- or should I run this EXE on the new PC ? -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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NDIS Hotfix
"darkrats" wrote in message
... It just replaces a file. This is from the install notes: "Start the target system in Safe-Mode and run the executable. It will replace the existing ndis.vxd with a fixed version. Once the patch is applied, when subsequent changes are made to the network properties of the target system, be sure NOT to let it replace the patched ndis.vxd file. If this file is replaced, you will need to re-run the patch." Thanks for this documentation -- not found in the TXT emailed from MS (!) I sought advice since failing to instal Win98 on a new fast system (2.8 GHz) which was looping by failing to reboot after stage 3 of SETUP. On reboot into Safe Mode I found Network was the only item showing in Device Manager -- no monitor, drives, video card or anything else. See also thread about ATMSYS.DRV. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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