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** Windows Setup Program for Windows 95/95OSR2/98SE/ME/NT4/2000/XP
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** v2.22 Nov. 2003
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Introduction:
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This document shows you how to use the Windows setup programs. These programs
run under Windows 95/95OSR2/98SE/ME/NT4/2000/XP respectively. You may use
these programs to install/update/remove network adapter driver.
Structure of the directory:
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WINSETUP.TXT This file.
winsetup.exe The integrated setup program for Windows
95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP.
winsetup/W9XSETUP.EXE The setup program for Windows 95/98/ME.
winsetup/W2KSETUP.EXE The setup program for Windows 2000/XP.
winsetup/NTSETUP.EXE The setup program for Windows NT4.
winsetup/NTSETUP.INF The information file for Windows NT4 setup.
winsetup/ntsim.sys PCI bus Dectection for Windows NT/2000/XP.
Usage:
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The Windows setup program will search the information file automatically in
Windows 95/95OSR2/98SE/ME/2000/XP, ("OEMSETUP.INF" in Windows NT4), and then
automatically install/update driver according to the information file. The
information file search paths are current directory, upper directory and root
directory by order.
Command line usage
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Usage:
winsetup.exe [option]
option:
-? This help.
-i Install/update driver (could be omitted).
-r Remove device & inf file.
-f [INF file] Specify INF filename.
(If no INF file is specified, the setup program
will
automatically search the correct inf file)
-d [Source Dir] Specify directory containing all driver files.
(If no source directory is specified, the setup
program will automatically search the driver
from current directory,
upper directory and upper 2 layers directory)
-b Reboot without prompt user.
-w [Windows source CD] Specify path of Windows source CD path.
(For Windows 98SE later, and NT40 platform only)
(Notice! In NT40, please place "-w" as the last
parameter).
-v Show version of this program.
-s Prevent to show Session Complete dialog.
-k Prevent "-r" option to delete inf file
automatically (this parameter depends on "-r",
and can't be used alone).
-p Disable progress bar while install/update driver,
useless while combined with "-r" ption(For
Windows 95/95OSR2/98SE/ME/2000/XP only)
Examples:
1.INSTALL or UPDATE
If you placed all driver files on C:\FETWIN\ and Windows 9X sources CD on
C:\WIN9X\ directory, you may use following instructions to install network
adapter driver on Windows 9X platfoms and reboot without any prompts.
A:\>winsetup -d C:\FETWIN\ -w C:\WIN9X\ -b
2.REMOVE
The following instruction try to remove all adapters under all Windows
platforms.
A:\>winsetup -r
Notice:
1.Please close all running applactions during the driver installation
processing, especially the network applet in control panel and properties
of network.
2.The program will not process long filename and directory, please convert
Windows long filenames to MSDOS filename.
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.