Vista Beta 2 & Driver issues

[Andi]

Hi,

I recently downloaded and installed the public beta of Vista. I did a clean
install on an empty disk. The install went ahead without a problem, however
I can't connect to the internet from Vista because it doesn't recognise
either my Netgear FA311 Network adapter (one of the most common network
cards ever... surprised Vista doesn't have in-built support for it) or my
SpeedTouch 330 DSL modem (USB).

Can anyone advise of where I might be able to get drivers for these? I have
checked the manufacturers websites, and not found anything of great use. I
have also tried googling for drivers, and still come up blank.

Thanks in advance of any help,

Andi

 

[Alezito [MS MVP]]

Try from Device Manager and update device from internet.

--

Alejandro Curquejo
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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[Andi]

Try from Device Manager and update device from internet.

Tried that just, no success.

 

[John Doe]

When I installed Vista I was in a similar situation. It could not recognize
my Macronix MX98715-based card (I have no idea what brand the card itself
is). I also tried to update the driver online through the device manager and
it did not work. So I simply decided to try to use the same driver it uses
in XP, which was a generic driver that came with XP for Macronix based
cards. To do that I simply went rebooted into XP (I'm dual booting XP and
Vista). Went into the XP device manager to get the file name of the driver
it was using. Then I copied that file into a folder on my Vista desktop,
then I also searched the XP partition for the INF file that contained the
driver description. When I found it I also copied it to the folder on my
Vista desktop. Then I had to edit that INF file a bit. I simply put a
semi-colon in front of the layout line to comment it out. Then I rebooted
into Vista and pointed the Device Manager to that folder on my desktop and
it worked! Though it did warn that the driver was not signed, which is fine
by me as I know it works fine in XP.

 

[Guest]

Surprise Surprise Surprise! Redmond does it again. They "improved" windows
again to the tune of several hundred dollars out of the user's pockets. My
Macronix NIC won't work either and Macronix isn't providing a Vista driver.

 

[Zack Uribe]

Whatever..

Blame Microsoft because they change the driver model to be more stable, your
hardware vendor decides their product is to old to continue supporting, or
THEY want more money from you... How much money is Microsoft going to make
from your purchase of a current NIC?

 

[Conor]

Surprise Surprise Surprise! Redmond does it again. They "improved" windows
again to the tune of several hundred dollars out of the user's pockets. My
Macronix NIC won't work either and Macronix isn't providing a Vista driver.

In other words you're yet another ****ing retard. If you are so poor
that you can't afford £5 for a new NIC, perhaps you should sell your PC
as you obviously need the money for food.

 

[Guest]

I'm experiencing the same issue as Andi with my Alcatel 330 modem. You advice
is moot if one cannot connect to the Internet. Therefore, any other
suggestions?

Thanks.

Gerr.

 

[Todd]

Obviously the original poster can connect to the internet, otherwise how did
he post this?

Just because he can get to the internet does not mean that Netgear or
SpeedTouch have Vista drivers for his products.

His solution is either to get drivers if they exist, or to get another
network adapter and modem that he can get drivers for. There are no other
solutions.

..

 

[Conor]

I'm experiencing the same issue as Andi with my Alcatel 330 modem. You advice
is moot if one cannot connect to the Internet. Therefore, any other
suggestions?

Yep..learn the ****ing basics of BETA testing

1) DO SOME ****ING RESEARCH FIRST and make sure your hardware is
supported.
2) If it isn't, either buy some that is or wait.

 

[Guest]

Windows Adviser "advised" that all would be fine...

Get a life conor your a complete and LOSER. Gee, I can't think of anything
better than to do with my life than write obscenities to those who are
looking for answer.

L.O.S.E.R.

 

[Guest]

Brilliant deduction there Holmes

Obviously the original poster can connect to the internet, otherwise how did
he post this?

Just because he can get to the internet does not mean that Netgear or
SpeedTouch have Vista drivers for his products.

His solution is either to get drivers if they exist, or to get another
network adapter and modem that he can get drivers for. There are no other
solutions.

..

 

[Conor]

Windows Adviser "advised" that all would be fine...

ANd Microsoft said XP was secure...

Get a life conor your a complete and LOSER. Gee, I can't think of anything
better than to do with my life than write obscenities to those who are
looking for answer.

Perhaps you should go back to school and learn basic English.

 

[Wesley Hardman]

Not neccessarily, he probably has a second computer that he installed Vista
on so he has internet on one computer and cannot connect with Vista.

 

[Guest]

I too had trouble setting up my speedtouch 330 broadband modem.

I found if i used the xp64 bit drivers that iu had been sucessfully using in
winxp64 and set up as i had been using i.e set pppo a using to broadband
settings found on my isp set up disc it would appear to fail giving a message
set up has stopped and must close.

However is i whent into connection manager and by clicking on the icon
bottom righthand of screen i was then able to setting up a dial up connection
with o ass phone number.

This connection would only work through connection manager not by connetiong
by internet icon.

If i rebooted the machine this connection would fail and check in properties
the isdn modem would have a cross against it and i would then have to run
driver load again and the connection would again work but only until i
rebooted.

Later i found that i if i ran driver installation and used pppoe not pppoa
as instructed by my isp when i set up a connection using connection manager
and selecting set up CONNECTION TO THE INTERNET MY broadband modem was now
found as minport driver.

Using these settings they remained stable even when rebooting the machine.

As before though could only connect using connection using icon bottom
righthand.

Hope this helpos some of you.

If anyone has a better solution then please respond

 

[Guest]

Hey Judoka that's great news. I can't believe you were able to troubleshoot
this thing ang get it up and running. Congrats.

I'm gonna give it a try and get back to you with my results. It sounds
fairly straight forward, I hope that it is.

Cheers.

 

[Guest]

Hey Judoka that's great news. I can't believe you were able to troubleshoot
this thing ang get it up and running. Congrats.

I'm gonna give it a try and get back to you with my results. It sounds
fairly straight forward, I hope that it is.

Cheers.

 

[Guest]

Judoka,

I'm stoked that you were actually able to get this thing going! Congrats.

I'll give your resolution a try. Seems fairly straight, I hope that it is
for me.

Cheers.

GR.

 

[Guest]

Sorry y'all. I was using another browser and each time I tried to send the
message, I got an error.

Please disregard the messages below.

 

[Guest]

Judoka,

I've made some progress where I've actually been able to install the driver
and have Vista reporting that the modem's driver is running properly. I am
however unable to connect to the Internet! Doh!

I, like you, have my modem showing up as a miniport driver but with "WAN"
before miniport. Is this what your PC is also showing? I have spent
considerable time troubleshooting my system to get it to connect to the
Internet, but have failed.

Any input would be appreciated.

Cheers.