Network card/Win98 help

Maybe someone has a work around for this. I just got a cable modem and went to install a network card first and I ran into a problem. While installing network card is prompts me to insert Win98 CD. I do not have it anymore. Is there anything I can do? Any help you can offer will be apreciated. TIA Doug D

On Tue, 5 Dec 2000 12:58:04 -0500, "Doug D" <[email hidden]> thus spoke:

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>Maybe someone has a work around for this. >I just got a cable modem and went to install a network card first and I ran >into a problem. While installing network card is prompts me to insert Win98 >CD. I do not have it anymore. Is there anything I can do? >Any help you can offer will be apreciated. >TIA Doug D > >

Nope. You need to get yourself a copy of Win98. It needs certain files that it extracts from .cab files on the cdrom to set up your Networking card. Everyone needs a personal copy of Win98. The day will come when Windows gets so conjested and/or screwed up that you will need to reinstall Windows anyway.

You might double check that you dont't have the cab's on your hard drive. Some PC mfg's put the cabs in the directory \windows\options\cabs on the local hard disk. Mitch "Amp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Tue, 5 Dec 2000 12:58:04 -0500, "Doug D" <[email hidden]> thus > spoke: > > >Maybe someone has a work around for this. > >I just got a cable modem and went to install a network card first and Iran > >into a problem. While installing network card is prompts me to insertWin98

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> >CD. I do not have it anymore. Is there anything I can do? > >Any help you can offer will be apreciated. > >TIA Doug D > > > > > > Nope. You need to get yourself a copy of Win98. It needs certain files > that it extracts from .cab files on the cdrom to set up your > Networking card. Everyone needs a personal copy of Win98. The day will > come when Windows gets so conjested and/or screwed up that you will > need to reinstall Windows anyway.

A possible workaround is to alt-tab to the desktop and search for the files specified... sometimes (but *not* always) the files required are already in the windows directory, or a sub-directory. A bit of a pain, but it might work for you. Doug D wrote: > Maybe someone has a work around for this. > I just got a cable modem and went to install a network card first and I ran > into a problem. While installing network card is prompts me to insert Win98 > CD. I do not have it anymore. Is there anything I can do? > Any help you can offer will be apreciated. > TIA Doug D -- _ _ __ __ ___ ___ _ _ | |/_\ | \/ | __/ __|| | | || / _ \| |\/| | _|\__ \|_| \__/_/ \_\_| |_|___|___/(_)