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- DOCUMENT:Q103811 30-SEP-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :How Windows NT Constructs the Network Adapter List
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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-
- SUMMARY
- =======
-
- When you choose to manually add a network adapter either during setup
- or after setup through Control Panel, Windows NT presents you with a
- list of network adapter choices. The contents of the list depends on
- which network adapters you have .INF files for in your SYSTEM32
- subdirectory of Windows NT, as well as the bus type of your computer.
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- MORE INFORMATION
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-
- All network adapters that can be installed under Windows NT must have
- an .INF file for them in the SYSTEM32 subdirectory of Windows NT.
- These files are always of the following format
-
- OEMNADxx.INF
-
- where "xx" is a two-letter abbreviation representing the network
- adapter. Each .INF file contains a section with the following header:
-
- [PlatformsSupported]
-
- This section can contain the following values:
-
- ISA
- EISA
- MCA
- "Jazz-Internal Bus"
-
- Each value indicates a bus type that is supported by the network cards
- described in the .INF file.
-
- NOTE: "Jazz-Internal Bus" is the bus on Advanced RISC Computing (ARC)
- computers such as the SGI MIPS and DEC Alpha.
-
- When the network Setup program compiles the list of network adapters
- that can be added to the computer, it parses these files and lists any
- adapters whose .INF file contains the correct bus option for the
- computer on which you are installing the network adapter. Note that
- while network adapters that are ISA-only can be installed on EISA
- computers and are therefore listed as an available option, the reverse
- is not true.
-
- The text strings that are added to the network adapter options list
- are contained in each .INF file in the [OptionsTextENG] section.
-
- For more information on the network adapter INF files, query on the
- following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
-
- network and services and inf
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 NETWORK SERVICES
- KBCategory:
- KBSubCategory: STP
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