For those plagued with the problem of the Linksys WMP11 not installing properly on Win2k, here is the solution.
From dslreports.com
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/rema...p,16~mode=flat
anon789
anonymous
dsl.mindspring.com
NOTE: this is in response to the post by mkrebs
WMP11 issue solved?
I had what seems to be the exact same problem.
W2k, linksys wmp11, installed, reinstalled many
times. The tray icon reads "WMP11 not installed",
as does the configuration utility, and the card
doesn't connect to the network.
rlmasse's post (leave the linksys cd in when booting)
gave me the hint I needed. I also got the following
event viewer event:
Event ID: 7000
The PCANDIS5 Protocol Driver service failed to start
due to the following error: The system cannot find the
path specified.
So I rooted around in the registry, and found the
following key/value:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\PCANDIS5\
ImagePath: \??\D:\AutoRun\PCANDIS5.SYS
So it looks like it's trying to load the driver
off the cd. (The cd trick didn't work for me,
because I had changed my cd drive-letter to E:.)
I located the file PCANDIS5.SYS in WINNT\system32,
and therefore changed the registry value to
ImagePath: \??\C:\WINNT\System32\PCANDIS5.SYS
When I did this, the linksys card immediately
connected to the network -- no rebooting, and
as far as I can tell, everything is fine now.
Two comments: This seems like a pretty bush-league
bug on linksys's part.
Also, their tech support was cluueeUUEEuueelesss...
I can't believe that after rlmasse clued them in
a month ago with the key info, they couldn't
diagnose the problem, and help their customers.
Anyway, this worked for me. I hope it works for you.
Maybe linksys should send me a free WMP11 card for
helping them out!
(I) Solution for Win 2000 and Linksys WMP11
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