Dell OptiPlex Gxi User Manual

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Dell OptiPlex GXi Mini Tower Systems Reference and Installation Guide

10. Select 3Com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100Mb

Ethernet Adapter, and click OK to access the PCI
Ethernet Controller Properties dialog box.

11. Click OK to access the Network dialog box. Enter

your computer name and workgroup/domain.
Then click Close.

12. Click OK in the Insert Disk dialog box.

13. When prompted for the location of additional

files, specify the c:\windows\options\cabs directory
on your hard-disk drive or the
\win95 directory
on your CD-ROM drive. Then click OK to access
the System Properties dialog box, and click OK.

14. Remove the diskette from drive A. Click the Start

button, click Shutdown, and then select Restart
the Computer.

15. Click Yes when prompted to restart the system.

Dell-Installed Windows 95 Service Release 2

To reinstall the NIC driver in a system running Dell-
installed Windows 95 Service Release 2, perform the
following steps:

1.

Verify that the integrated NIC is enabled and con-
nected to its network.

See Chapter 2, “Using the System Setup Program,”
for more information.

2.

Start the Windows 95 operating system.

3.

Use the Dell DiskMaker program (located in the
Dell Accessories program group or folder) to
make a diskette copy of the NIC drivers installed
on your hard-disk drive.

4.

Click the Start menu, point to Settings, and click
the Control Panel. Then double-click the System
icon.

5.

In the System Properties window, click the Device
Manager tab.

6.

In the list of system devices, double-click Other
Devices. Then select PCI Ethernet Controller.

7.

Click Properties to access the PCI Ethernet Con-
troller window.

8.

Select the Driver tab, and then click Update
Driver.

The Update Device Driver Wizard starts.

9.

Insert the NIC driver diskette 2 into drive A and
Select Yes (Recommended).

10. Click Next and then click Finish to access the

Insert Disk dialog box.

11. Click OK to access the Copying Files dialog box.

Type

A:\

and click OK.

The Windows 95 operating system begins to copy
files to the system’s hard-disk drive.

12. Click OK in the Insert Disk dialog box to access

the Copying Files dialog box.

13. When you are prompted for the location of addi-

tional files, specify the c:\windows\options\cabs
directory on your hard-disk drive or the
\win95
directory on your CD-ROM drive. Then click OK
to access the System Properties dialog box, and
click OK.

The Windows 95 operating system finishes copying
all of the files to the system’s hard-disk drive.

14. When the System Settings Change dialog box

appears, remove the diskette from drive A and
click Yes to restart the system.

15. When the system restarts, the Enter Network

Password dialog box appears. Enter the
username and password you want to use for net-
work access.

See your Windows 95 documentation for informa-
tion about usernames and passwords.

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