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:
>> 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. :)
>


No, non Vista drivers don't work, tried lots when I had problems with
numerous brands / models, Vista is almost totally inflexible, and even
some "Vista" drivers don't work properly so it's a lottery.