October 26, 201114 yr hi! i've just refurbishrd an ibm thinkpad r30 with windows 98 SE and i'm trying to connect to internet.i've downloaded drivers from lenovo website and i've followed the instructions. but when i tried to install the Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet Adapter(10/100) it asked me the "intel pro adapter cd-rom" that i don't have... anyone knows how to solve?
October 27, 201114 yr Hello goodtrip and welcome to THE forums You don't need the CD, just browse for the required file(s) to the location where you extracted the driver files.nitroshift
October 28, 201114 yr Author i've already done that step but it asks me the inte cd-rom during the setup of theese files .maybe i've also to instal this one: Link what do you think?
October 29, 201114 yr Definitely try it. If this fails too, uncompress all the files and burn them onto a CD.nitroshift
October 30, 201114 yr Maybe he is having the problem where TrustedInstaller gets confused about what files it is looking for and where to find them. I've seen it happen a few times on different win7 boxes. You point right at the correct file but the installer insists that is wrong. I recently had to change the wifi drivers on a thinkpad due to slow speeds so I feel your pain!
October 31, 201114 yr AFAIK Win98 didn't have such a thing as TrustedInstaller, it was introduced in Vista (am I correct here?), so I'm pretty sure it's a bug in the driver installation procedure code which makes it look for a CD only.nitroshift
October 31, 201114 yr Windows 98 will remember the last 4-5 locations, but will only automatically search in the last location. Its a pain, but any time you install a driver (or change your tcp/ip settings) you'll have to keep changing where Windows needs to find the files. Its probably the only annoying thing about Win98 that I can think of.
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