I tried to install a 3com modem once and it was
anything but plug and play.  If you didn't install the
drivers first and then the card the drivers would not
install.  And the only way to unistall the drivers was
to call 3com and have them talk me through deleting
some files that would not uninstall the normal way.  I
wonder if their NIC cards are the same way?  If you go
to www.3com.com/products/en_us/supportindex.jsp or one
step further
www.3com.com/productforms/software/connection_assistant/ca_thankyou.html
you might find some help for your problem.

John

--- bobwarasila <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I inherited a Dell Optiplex G110 that had NT
> installed as the operating system.  I reformatted
> the drive and have done a clean installation of
> W98SE.  I've downloaded the appropriate drivers from
> Dell and installed them in the proper sequence.
> When I get to installing the 3COM NIC drivers I'm
> asked to insert the W98SE disk after I have selected
> the drivers.  I then get an error message saying
> that the system could not find some installation
> files.  If I skip the files and proceed with the
> installation it all seems to work because the device
> manager shows the  adapter card and says its working
> fine.  Now we get to the problem.  When I reboot or
> start the computer I get the following "stalls" ;
> vnetsup.vxd, vredir.vxd, dfs.vxd and unable to load
> msnp32.dll.  I suspect these are all network
> associated files that didn't get loaded because they
> couldn't be found on the W98SE disk and some config
> or .inf file has been changed during installation to
> look for these.  How can I get rid of the query for
> these files on startup, or do I need them?
>
> Bob Warasila
>
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