3Com III ISA, User Manual

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Windows 95 Setup 2-7
Disabling Plug and Play on the NIC
If your Windows 95 PC does not support Plug and Play, you
must disable Plug and Play on the NIC before you can install
the NIC software.
Follow these steps to disable Plug and Play on the NIC:
1 After installing the NIC in the PC, turn the power on and
boot Windows 95.
2 Insert EtherDisk diskette 2 in drive A.
3 Click Start in the Windows 95 taskbar, and then click Run .
4 Enter:
a:\pnpdsabl.bat
The DOS PNPDSABL screen appears, as shown in Figure 2-6 .
Figure 2-6 DOS PNPDSABL Screen
5 Click the X in the upper right corner of the screen to close
the DOS screen and return to Windows 95.
Plug and Play is disabled on the NIC.
6 Remove the diskette from drive A.
7 Shut down the PC and turn the power off, then on.
The NIC is not detected when the PC reboots.
The next step is to configure the NIC.