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by wta5097

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I recently installed W2k at home. The drivers for my NIC and ATA/100 Controller card do not "stick" once updated. When I reboot, the drivers "disappear" back to being listed in the "OTHER" menu. I have no idea what W2k is not doing. I have downloaded W2k SP2 and current drives for both devices... ??? Never sen this before.

Bill--New Jersey (exit 4 if must know)
wta5097@comcast.net

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by jindigo

Instead of updating the drivers go into device manager and remove all the listings under "OTHER". Make sure that you have a copy of the diver update on a floppy for both devices. Restart Windows. When the New Hardware Found comes up use the "have disk" option to load the new drivers. This should insure that Windows doesn't load a default driver.

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