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by dtcronin

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I have a win95 machine with a 3com nic in it.The computer went off the network yesyerday and upon investigation the 3com nic appears in the device list with an exclamation mark beside it.It appears that the drivers are gone.So I reinstalled the drivers and it works fine until the computer is shut down and restarted and it goes back to the way it was with missing drivers.
Can anyone help me with this problem.

Regards
Damian

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by syscokid

Try this:

Boot into Safe Mode
Go to the Device Manager and remove the NIC
Restart and let Windows detect the NIC and then install the driver

by bdgray

Remove the NIC from the device list and shutdown the computer. Remove the NIC and start the computer up one time without the card in it. Shut the computer down again and reinstall the NIC. Boot the computer up and see if it is working. Are you sure that you are not having a device conflict. What is the exact description of the device manager?

by emcs

Be sure that the card is secured in it's slot, it may be vibrating loose. This happened to me. If you end up with more then one device listed for the 3com nic, remove those and begin again. If more then one 3com nic device is listed, the computer will get confused. Good luck!!!

dennie

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