Microsoft KB Archive/165958

= Getting Madge PCMCIA Token Card to Join a Domain During Setup =

Article ID: 165958

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q165958



IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the "Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe.



SYMPTOMS
You are unable to load your Madge network adapter on a computer running Windows NT 4.0.



CAUSE
Because of an error in the Microsoft Windows NT registry regarding the name of the driver for the Madge SMART 16/4 PCMCIA RINGNODE, you are unable to load the Madge driver.



RESOLUTION
In order to get the Madge SMART 16/4 PCMCIA RINGNODE to install and load during setup, you will have to make the following changes:

WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it.
 * 1) Expand the file system._ from the directory on the distribution CD to "c:\temp\system.".
 * 2) Copy the directory a server share point.
 * 3) Run REGEDT32.EXE, to edit the registry.
 * 4) From the Window menu chose HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
 * 5) From the Registry menu select "Load Hive" and enter the path "c:\temp\system.".
 * 6) Enter the name "Madge", when the system prompts for a Key Name
 * 7) Find the following section:


 * 1) In this section, change the name of the file pointed to by the "Driver" from "madgemport" to "mdgmport".
 * 2) Select the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Madge key again, and from the Registry menu select "Unload Hive"
 * 3) Select "OK" to the dialog that gets displayed.
 * 4) Exit the Registry editor.
 * 5) Delete the "system._" from the Server Distribution point created in step 2 above and place the "system." from the c:\test directory into the Server Distribution point. This file will now contain all the needed registry settings to allow the Madge driver to load during setup.



MORE INFORMATION
Please be aware that many of the current line of laptops and portables typically place the sound card on IRQ 10, which is the default IRQ for PCMCIA cards. Because of this conflict, you may still experience problems. Please contact Madge Technical support for more details.

Additional query words: setup set-up madge pcmcia token ring

Keywords: kbbug kbenv kbnetwork kbsetup KB165958

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