Here is a conumdrum for ya...

[The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly]

I have a linksys gigabit eg1032 v3 nic which I am trying to install in
vista. I know it works in vista because the first time I installed it
on my machine, I used some vista driver from the linksys website and it
worked great. Now they claim they have no vista drivers for it (go
figure). So I started searching the web to find out how I can reinstall
my nic in vista. I found on a vista compatibility list that there is a
driver for it through windows update. How do I get the driver from
windows update when my nic is not working? Any help appreciated.

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[Guest]

Download it from the computer that you are using to get here, you idiot.
Save it to memory stick or CD

And remember, it is a FREE Driver just for YOU, cheapskate!!!!!!

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

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[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

You can't save drivers downloaded through Windows Update.

 

[Gary Mount]

You could install a second nic that works with vista and do the download
with that one working.

"The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'"

 

[Sean]

I think the only idiot here is you for posting with such an idiotic reply. I
mean how dumb are you to not even know that your solution is not only dumb,
but probably the LAST thing in the world to do.

OP, Gary has the correct idea, something I have done countless times for
anything from NIC cards to swaping drive controllers. If this does not work
(i.e. don't have an available card) then Andre's would probably be second
step. Third step would be to use a "generic" or any compatible driver from
within Vista's own driver db. Look for "RTL8169/8110 Family PCI Gigabit"

 

[Not Me]

BORROW OR BUY A USB>ETHERNET ADAPTER, DOWNLOAD THE DRIVER, REMOVE THE USB
ADAPTER

 

[The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly]

Have you thought about using the XP driver under Vista? It just might work.

I did try that already Andre, and had no luck. But thanks for the reply.

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[The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly]

You could install a second nic that works with vista and do the download
with that one working.

Hi Gary. Yes, I could certainly do what you suggest, and I may end up
having to do that. My issue with doing that though is that this eg1032
adapter is the one I bought to use with vista because my integrated
nforce nic is not vista compatible. As unhappy as I am with vista in
some aspects, I would feel much worse about it if I had to purchase 2
nics in order to use it, so I am persisting at this point in trying to
get this one installed again. But thanks much for your reply.

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[The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly]

I think the only idiot here is you for posting with such an idiotic
reply. I mean how dumb are you to not even know that your solution is
not only dumb, but probably the LAST thing in the world to do.

OP, Gary has the correct idea, something I have done countless times for
anything from NIC cards to swaping drive controllers. If this does not
work (i.e. don't have an available card) then Andre's would probably be
second step. Third step would be to use a "generic" or any compatible
driver from within Vista's own driver db. Look for "RTL8169/8110 Family
PCI Gigabit"

Thanks Sean, I plan to try this tonight. I'll post back and let you
know how it goes.


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[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Well, then Gary's approach would be the most effective.
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[The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly]

BORROW OR BUY A USB>ETHERNET ADAPTER, DOWNLOAD THE DRIVER, REMOVE THE USB
ADAPTER

Hi Not Me. I may end up having to do this, but still trying to avoid it
for the moment. Thanks for the reply.

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[The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly]

The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
wrote:

Thanks Sean, I plan to try this tonight. I'll post back and let you
know how it goes.

Well, I finally got vista to connect. I am running it in a virtual
machine. Installing vmware tools, setting the ethernet connection to
NAT instead of bridged, and rebooting fixed the problem. Thanks for the
help from all who replied.

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[The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly]

The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
wrote:

The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
wrote:

Well, I finally got vista to connect. I am running it in a virtual
machine. Installing vmware tools, setting the ethernet connection to
NAT instead of bridged, and rebooting fixed the problem. Thanks for the
help from all who replied.

I also wanted to mention that the realtek drivers did not work, and
neither did installing any drivers with UAC off. At least I did not
need to purchase another nic.

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[Charlie Tame]

The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
wrote:

The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
wrote:

I also wanted to mention that the realtek drivers did not work, and
neither did installing any drivers with UAC off. At least I did not
need to purchase another nic.

No, non Vista drivers don't work, tried lots when I had problems with
numerous brands / models, Vista is almost totally inflexible, and even
some "Vista" drivers don't work properly so it's a lottery.

 

[The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly]

Charlie Tame wrote:

No, non Vista drivers don't work, tried lots when I had problems with
numerous brands / models, Vista is almost totally inflexible, and even
some "Vista" drivers don't work properly so it's a lottery.

You got that right! I'm really not impressed with Vista so far myself.

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[Charlie Tame]

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Charlie Tame wrote:


You got that right! I'm really not impressed with Vista so far myself.

Well I think they applied a lot of ingenuity with XP, and for that
matter W2003 server which you'd expect to be more "Rigid" was the same,
but Vista nitpicks everything (I suppose in the name of "Security) but
in reality is suffering from much the same vulnerabilities... they
should have broken the incestuous relationship between the core and IE,
the core and WMP and come up with totally new products which are
independent leaving their browser and player to develop their own
security. Was time for a different set of products with the same "Look
and feel", instead we got the same old products with a different look
and feel.

 

[The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly]

The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
wrote:

Well I think they applied a lot of ingenuity with XP, and for that

Agreed. For all the problems XP had, it also had some worthwhile features.

matter W2003 server which you'd expect to be more "Rigid" was the same,

I love the fact that the server boots into a classic look and feel. I
also like the volume shadow copy feature.

but Vista nitpicks everything (I suppose in the name of "Security) but

IMO, with vista it seems like they are trying to hoist all of the
responsibility for security on the user instead of trying to actually
fix the problems. It's like they are using the wrong kind of bandaid
fix for it.

in reality is suffering from much the same vulnerabilities... they
should have broken the incestuous relationship between the core and IE,
the core and WMP and come up with totally new products which are
independent leaving their browser and player to develop their own
security. Was time for a different set of products with the same "Look
and feel", instead we got the same old products with a different look
and feel.

Totally. While I am a bit of a skeptic, I think that Vista was a dud
and they could still do much better with vienna. Time will tell.

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[Charlie Tame]

The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
wrote:

Agreed. For all the problems XP had, it also had some worthwhile features.


I love the fact that the server boots into a classic look and feel. I
also like the volume shadow copy feature.


IMO, with vista it seems like they are trying to hoist all of the
responsibility for security on the user instead of trying to actually
fix the problems. It's like they are using the wrong kind of bandaid
fix for it.


Totally. While I am a bit of a skeptic, I think that Vista was a dud
and they could still do much better with vienna. Time will tell.

Well I don't think I'd be inclined to spend $100,000s if I were a big
company just to get my employees better eye candy, I mean it won't
really improve the "Look" of my website (As most customers will ever see
it) and so I see no real profit + my IT guys are telling me it's a PITA
to get set up right. On a sales floor it might look good, sure, but it's
not going to "Earn" much in the office...

Most US companies are watching budgets a bit, I think they needed to
show some value for money and it's not there when you take all into
account. Not everybody can afford to be cutting edge just for
appearances sake.

I suppose it's not really been mentioned but running Vista as host to
an XP VM is something they could have packaged with it, give folks an
easy way to import / save all their older stuff and keep using it and
gain some experience before taking a leap into the dark.

 

[DevilsPGD]

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IMO, with vista it seems like they are trying to hoist all of the
responsibility for security on the user instead of trying to actually
fix the problems. It's like they are using the wrong kind of bandaid
fix for it.

Unfortunately, the user *IS* the problem. Out of the box, XP SP2 is
more or less fully secure to sit on the internet, and once you turn on
automatic updates and run as a limited user, you're more or less secure
as well.

The problem is that users don't do that, they run attachments from
unknown/untrusted sources, install ActiveX controls at a whim, run as
full administrator, and then act surprised when their PC gets
compromised.