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R E L E A S E N O T E S
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Windows Driver Installer
for Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 32/64 bit
Copyright (c) 2001 - 2005 Broadcom Corporation
All rights reserved.
Components included with this release:
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Win2K Driver 8.27.1D*
WinXP Driver 8.27.1D*
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8.13.03: - 5/11/2005
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- 8.27.1D Certified drivers.
8.13.02: - 4/26/2005
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- 8.27.1C Certified drivers.
8.13.01: - 4/13/2005
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- 8.27.1 Certified drivers.
- Modified "set inf path", uninstall, and uninstall and delete conditions to handle IA64 and x64 "uninstall and delete" capability.
8.12.01: - 4/12/2005
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- 8.27.1 drivers.
- Enhancement: CQ12646 - Allow driver installer to update the same version.
- Change: Modified the action condition to install the driver in resume mode. From this version on we will support the following line commands for reinstalling the driver . . .
Silent Reinstall = setup /s /v"/qn REINSTALL=ALL"
GUI reinstall = setup /V"REINSTALL=ALL"
8.11.03: - 4/07/2005
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- 8.27.1 drivers.
8.11.02: - 4/01/2005
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- 7.107a drivers.
8.11.01: - 3/31/2005
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- 8.25 drivers.
- Added (UninstAndDel release flag) for OEM's wanting the oem#.inf and .pnf files removed from the \Windows\inf folder on uninstall.
8.10.07: - 3/24/2005
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- 8.22.1* drivers for Gold.
8.10.06: - 3/18/2005
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- 8.22.1 drivers for RC2.
8.10.05: - 3/16/2005
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- 7.107 drivers for Gold Update.
8.10.04: - 3/10/2005
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- 8.22 drivers.
8.10.03: - 3/1/2005
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- 8.20 drivers.
8.10.02: - 2/17/2005
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- 8.19 drivers.
8.10.01: - 2/15/2005
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- 7.97* drivers.
8.09.05: - 2/8/2005
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- 8.18 drivers.
8.09.04: - 2/7/2005
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- 7.103 drivers.
8.09.03: - 2/2/2005
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- 8.17 drivers.
8.09.02: - 1/31/2005
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- 7.97 drivers.
8.09.01: - 1/27/2005
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- 8.15 drivers.
- Issue: CQ11881 - Invalid Error Message When Running IA32 installer on XP64 (EM64T) Platform
- Cause: String not defined well enough
- Change: Now using a more defined string.
- Impact: All driver installers.
8.08.03: - 1/25/2005
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- 8.14 drivers.
8.08.02: - 1/21/2005
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- 7.100 drivers.
8.08.01: - 1/6/2005
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- 7.97* Certified drivers.
- Problem: CQ11610 "Can't upgrade LOM drivers using the driver installer"
Cause: The installer could not resolve the source from the current installer when upgrading from a removable media source.
Solution: Added code to support dll BWinInst.dll to handle resolving source.
- Problem: CQ11804 Driver installer not working in some scenarios
Cause: NIC check function not finding our device ID in reqistry.
Solution: Add a device scan before running NIC check.
8.07.01: - 1/4/2005
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- 7.97* Certified drivers.
Problem: CQ11610 - Not able to upgrade from removable media.
Cause: MSI by default sets a source location in registry which forces the user to upgrade from the same source folder.
Solution: Added code to reset source location to current source location within support dll BWinInst.dll v8.0.5.
8.06.01: - 12/16/2004
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- 7.97* Certified drivers.
- Added localization to support 16 languages.
8.05.05: - 12/8/2004
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- 7.97* Certified drivers.
8.05.05: - 12/8/2004
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- 7.97 drivers.
8.05.04: - 12/2/2004
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- 7.96 drivers.
8.05.03: - 11/23/2004
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- 7.92 drivers.
8.05.02: - 11/15/2004
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- 7.91 drivers.
8.05.01: - 11/08/2004
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- 7.90* drivers.
Problem: CQ 11186 - B57Drv Installer for XP-32 Installs Completely in XP-64 AMD64 Platform.
Cause: Was not prohibiting the 32 bit installer to be installed onto a 64 bit platform.
Solution: Set Template Summary to Intel32. Now the IA32 installer is targeted for ONLY Intel 32 bit.
Impact: 570x IA32 bit installers. IA64 and AMD64 not affected.
8.04.01: - 11/04/2004
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- 7.90* drivers.
- Added Custom Actions to handle Support Link info in Add/Remove.
8.03.01: - 10/27/2004
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- 7.90* drivers.
- Set project up for Custom Builds "cabbing" up driver files (similar to previous driver installers).
8.02.01: - 10/27/2004
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- 7.86 drivers.
Problem: CQ 11157 - Running driver installer twice will bring up Modify/Repair/Remove dialog.
Cause: Project setup this way by default.
Solution: Set Next button for MaintWelcome = ReadyToRemove, and set ReadyToRemove back button to MaintWelcome.
8.01.01: - 10/26/2004
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- Initial release.
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.