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Verifying Successful Installation
Follow the steps for your operating system. 
Windows 95 and Windows 98
To verify successful NIC installation:
1 Open the Windows Start menu, select Settings, and 
then select Control Panel.
2 Double-click the System icon, and then select the 
Device Manager tab.
3 Double-click Network adapters and make sure that 
the name of the 3Com EtherLink NIC appears.
If a red X or a yellow exclamation point (!) appears next 
to the name of the NIC, the installation was not successful. 
See “Troubleshooting the NIC Installation” in Chapter 6 for 
troubleshooting help.
Windows NT 4.0
To verify successful NIC installation:
1 Double-click the My Computer icon, then the 
Control Panel icon, and then the Network icon.
2 Select the Adapters tab.
3 Make sure that the name of the NIC appears in the list 
of network adapters.
If the name of the NIC does not appear in the list of 
network adapters, the installation was not successful. See 
“Troubleshooting the NIC Installation” in Chapter 6 for 
troubleshooting help.
Windows NT 3.51
To verify successful NIC installation:
1 Double-click the File Manager icon.
2 From the Disk menu, select Connect Network Drive. 
The presence of network server names confirms 
successful installation.
If you cannot connect a network drive, the installation was 
not successful. See “T
roubleshooting the NIC Installation” 
in Chapter 6 for troubleshooting help.
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