The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
wrote:
> 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.
>
I also wanted to mention that the realtek drivers did not work, and
neither did installing any drivers with UAC off. At least I did not
need to purchase another nic. :)
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