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Subject: Installing the Livewire Ethernet Card on the WinBook XL
Keywords: PCMCIA network
Tech Article Number: WBTA17100242

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  1. Insert the Livewire card into the lower socket of your PCMCIA slots.
  2. Windows 95 will inform you that it found the New Media Corporation Ethernet.
  3. Insert your Drivers Disk that was provided with the card into your floppy disk drive.
  4. Click on Next.
  5. Windows 95 will now search for a driver. You will receive a message stating that Windows 95 found a driver for the New Media Corporation Ethernet.
  6. Click on Finish.
  7. A message box will come up stating that the file could not be found. Underneath Copy Files From: type a:\.
  8. You may receive several messages that there is a version conflict and that the file being copied is older than the current one. Click on Yes whenever you are asked this question.
  9. Windows will ask you if you would like to restart your computer, remove the floppy disk from your computer and then click on Yes.
  10. Installation is now complete.
  11. If you have trouble connecting to your network, and have succesfully completed the above steps, contact your Network Administrator.

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