installing network card

I am trying to install a Belkin Notebook network card on a
Dell laptop. during installation, it asks for the Windows
98 CD. I insert the CD and it says it cannot find
the 'vip.386'file. I have used 2 different CD's and
neither have this file... I have also went to the
microsoft knowledgebase.. and there is nothing on about
this file.

Thank you
Joy

I'll bet you'll find the file on the disk that came with the nic


"Joy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0d7c01c38e77$8c52e0c0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am trying to install a Belkin Notebook network card on a
> Dell laptop. during installation, it asks for the Windows
> 98 CD. I insert the CD and it says it cannot find
> the 'vip.386'file. I have used 2 different CD's and
> neither have this file... I have also went to the
> microsoft knowledgebase.. and there is nothing on about
> this file.
>
> Thank you
> Joy

The vip.386 file is in the Net7.cab file on both the Windows 98 and Windows
98 SE CDs. The cab files are located in the Win98 directory on the cd. The
vip.386 file should go in the C:\Windows\System folder. If you browse to the
Net7.cab file on the cd and click on the file it will show a list of all the
files in the cab. Right click on the vip.386 file and select extract and
then select the windows\system folder for the extract location.

"Haggis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:gufhb.6941$f7.395431@localhost...
> I'll bet you'll find the file on the disk that came with the nic
>
>
> "Joy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:0d7c01c38e77$8c52e0c0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I am trying to install a Belkin Notebook network card on a
> > Dell laptop. during installation, it asks for the Windows
> > 98 CD. I insert the CD and it says it cannot find
> > the 'vip.386'file. I have used 2 different CD's and
> > neither have this file... I have also went to the
> > microsoft knowledgebase.. and there is nothing on about
> > this file.
> >
> > Thank you
> > Joy
>
>

Search your hard drive for several dozen files with names ending in the
letters CAB - if these are found, these are your Windows Setup files and you
can tell the installer to look there for the files it needs.

--
Richard G. Harper (MVP Win9x) (E-Mail Removed)
* PLEASE post all messages and replies to the newsgroup so all may
* benefit from the discussion. Private mail is usually not replied to.
Help US help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Joy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0d7c01c38e77$8c52e0c0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am trying to install a Belkin Notebook network card on a
> Dell laptop. during installation, it asks for the Windows
> 98 CD. I insert the CD and it says it cannot find
> the 'vip.386'file. I have used 2 different CD's and
> neither have this file... I have also went to the
> microsoft knowledgebase.. and there is nothing on about
> this file.
>
> Thank you
> Joy