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INFO: 3Com 3c900 Card Does Not Install During Unattended Setup

Article ID: 167021

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q167021

SUMMARY

When you use the unattended setup option to install Windows NT on a computer that uses a 3Com 3c900 EtherLink adapter, you may get the following message during the graphical user interface (GUI) mode portion of network setup:

Network Card not Present in the system

This message is produced when the Oemsetup.inf file of the netcard does not return a proper value. The following command string returns an empty list:

   <B>Shell $(UtilityInf), GetPCIInformation, $(Vendor) $(CFID)</B>

MORE INFORMATION

This is a known problem between Windows NT and this 3Com card. Contact 3Com for a workaround to this problem.

The EtherLink product discussed here is manufactured by 3Com Corporation, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

Additional query words: automated Unattended Setup

Keywords: kb3rdparty kbinfo kbnetwork kbsbk kbsetup KB167021