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Q122365: Installing a New Driver After Updating with a U.S. Service Pack

Article: Q122365
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
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Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

3.10 3.50

WINDOWS

kbsetup

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.1 
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.1 
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, version 3.1 
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you install a new driver on a Windows NT computer, Setup may request that
you place the CD-ROM in drive A.

CAUSE
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Even if you initially installed Windows NT from floppy disks, if you updated
Windows NT with a Service Pack on a CD-ROM, the .INF files that were updated now
expect future updates to be from the CD-ROM.

WORKAROUND
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Replace the .INF file associated with the driver you are installing with the
.INF file from the Windows NT floppy disks. and then expand that file from the
appropriate floppy into the SYSTEM32 directory.

NOTE: For additional information on .INF files, please see the following
article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  ARTICLE-ID: Q101233
  TITLE : Description of Windows NT Information Files (*.INF)

  ARTICLE-ID: Q103972
  TITLE : Changing Setup Media, Description of Setup Information Files

Additional query words: prodnt 3.10 Change Media
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