The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
wrote:
> Sean wrote:
>> I think the only idiot here is you for posting with such an idiotic
>> reply. I mean how dumb are you to not even know that your solution is
>> not only dumb, but probably the LAST thing in the world to do.
>>
>> OP, Gary has the correct idea, something I have done countless times
>> for anything from NIC cards to swaping drive controllers. If this does
>> not work (i.e. don't have an available card) then Andre's would
>> probably be second step. Third step would be to use a "generic" or any
>> compatible driver from within Vista's own driver db. Look for
>> "RTL8169/8110 Family PCI Gigabit"
>
> Thanks Sean, I plan to try this tonight. I'll post back and let you
> know how it goes.
>
>>
>> "Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B3230F9F-46F2-4A48-9478-0962DDFC59B9@microsoft.com...
>>> Download it from the computer that you are using to get here, you idiot.
>>> Save it to memory stick or CD
>>>
>>> And remember, it is a FREE Driver just for YOU, cheapskate!!!!!!
>>>
>>> "The poster formerly known as 'The Poster" wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a linksys gigabit eg1032 v3 nic which I am trying to install in
>>>> vista. I know it works in vista because the first time I installed it
>>>> on my machine, I used some vista driver from the linksys website and it
>>>> worked great. Now they claim they have no vista drivers for it (go
>>>> figure). So I started searching the web to find out how I can
>>>> reinstall
>>>> my nic in vista. I found on a vista compatibility list that there is a
>>>> driver for it through windows update. How do I get the driver from
>>>> windows update when my nic is not working? Any help appreciated.
>>>>
>
>
Well, I finally got vista to connect. I am running it in a virtual
machine. Installing vmware tools, setting the ethernet connection to
NAT instead of bridged, and rebooting fixed the problem. Thanks for the
help from all who replied.
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