Installing Software for the Windows 95 OEM Service Release



Installing Software for the   Windows 95 OEM Service Release


  If the Windows Recovery CD was supplied with the computer, see the
Guide for the Recovery CD  instead of using this information.

Checking the Version of Windows 95 Installed on the Computer 

To check the version of Windows 95 installed on the computer, do the following.

  1.  Start the computer
  2.  Open the My Computer folder on the Windows 95 desktop.
  3.  Open Control Panel in the My Computer folder.
  4.  Open System
  5.  Check the version number of Windows 95 on the General tab in System Properties:

       System:
          Microsoft Windows 95
          4.00.xxx x

if the version is 4.00.950 B (Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2) or later, use this information contained in this section. Otherwise, see the ThinkPad Users Guide  instead, for installing software for Windows 95.


Creating Windows 95 Setup Disks 

Create the Windows 95 setup disks for backup if you have not created them already:

  1.  Open the Start menu on the Windows 95 desktop.
  2.  Select Programs
  3.  Select Accessories
  4.  Select System Tools
  5.  Select Create System Disks
  6.  Follow the instructions


Installing Microsoft Windows 95 

To install Windows 95, see Installing Microsoft Windows 95  in the ThinkPad users Guide.


Installing the ThinkPad Display Driver for Windows 95 

To install the ThinkPad display driver for Windows 95, do the following:

  1.  Open My Computer
  2.  Open Control Panel
  3.  Open Display
  4.  Click on the Settings tab
  5.  Click on the Advanced Properties button
  6.  Click on the Change... button on the Adapter tab
  7.  Click on Have Disk
  8.  Insert the ThinkPad Video Feature Diskette for Windows 95 into the diskette drive.
  9.  Make sure the path is set to A:\ and click OK
  10.  Make sure that either IBM ThinkPad (Cyber9385/82) PCI or
    IBM ThinkPad (Cyber9320) PCI, depending on the computer model,
     is displayed in the selection.
  11.  Click on OK
  12.  Click on the Monitor tab
  13.  Click on Change
  14.  Check the display for all devices
  15.  Click on Laptop Display Panel (800x600)
  16.  Click on OK
  17.  Click on Close
  18.  Click on OK to adjust the refresh rate
  19.  Click on OK in the confirmation dialog
  20.  Select color palette, desktop area, and font size parameters for the screen
  21.  Click on Close
  22.  Follow the instructions on the screen. Windows 95 prompts you to restart Windows 95  to make the display driver change effective.


The ThinkPad display driver installation is now complete.


Installing the ThinkPad Features Program for Windows 95 

To install the ThinkPad Features Program for Windows 95, do the following:

  1.  Insert the ThinkPad Utility Diskette for Windows 3.1/Windows 95  , or the ThinkPad Utility Diskette 1  into the diskette drive.
  2.  Click on Start
  3.  Click on Run...
  4.  Type a:installw
  5.  Click on OK
  6.  Follow the instructions on the screen.


Have ready the Utility Diskette for DOS, Personalization  diskette. (When you finish creating the personal data, you must save it on this diskette. The Utility Diskette for Windows 3.1/Windows 95  does not contain the function available on this diskette, such as the ability to store the personalization data into the computers nonvolatile memory.)
When you select Install Personalization Editor on the Installation Options memu, you are prompted to insert this diskette.

The installation of the ThinkPad Features Program is complete.


Installing the PCI-Bus Master Driver for Windows 95 

The PCI-Bus Master Driver is automatically installed when you install Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2.

NOTE: Do not install the PCI-Bus Master Driver from the ThinkPad Utility Diskette.


Installing PCMCIA Support for Windows 95 

To install PCMCIA support for Windows 95, do the following:

  1.  Open My Computer
  2.  Open Control Panel
  3.  Open System
  4.  Click on the Device Manager tab
  5.  Double-click on either PCIC or compatible PCMCIA controller or Cirrus Logic PCIC compatible PCI to PCMCIA bridge, depending on the computer model.
  6.  Click on the Driver tab
  7.  Click on the Update Driver button
  8.  Insert the PCMCIA Installation Diskette for OS/2, Windows 95  into the diskette drive
  9.  On the Update Device Driver Wizard panel, select Yes to the question Do you want Windows to search for the driver? 
  10.  Click on the Next> button
  11.  Click on the Finish button. Copying File requests one of the Windows 95 installation  diskettes on the CD ROM.
  12.  Change the source for Copying files from: to A:\ when windows tries to copy  IBMCSS01.VXD or IBMPCDIF.VXD
  13.  Click on OK. The installation begins
  14.  Restart the computer


The ThinkPad PCMCIA device driver installation is complete.


Installing AudioDrive Support Software for Windows 95 

During its installation, Windows 95 detects the AudioDrive device in some computers and automatically installs its support software. However, this is not the case with the AudioDrive devices in ThinkPad computers. AudioDrive support software must be installed separately by doing the following:

  1.  Open My Computer
  2.  Open Control Panel
  3.  Open System
  4.  Click on the Device Manager tab
  5.  Double-click on Sound, video, and game controller from the list.
  6.  Double-click on ESS AudioDrive
  7.  Click on the Driver tab
  8.  Click on the Update Driver... button
  9.  Insert the Audio Features Diskette for Windows 95 into the diskette drive
  10.  Select Yes to the question Do you want Windows to Search for the driver?  on  the Update Device Driver Wizard panel
  11.  Click on the Next> button
  12.  Click on the Finish button. Copying File requests one of the Windows 95 installation  diskettes on the CD ROM.
  13.  Insert the diskette labeled Install Disk1 
  14.  Click on OK
  15.  Change the source for Copying files from: to A:\
  16.  Click on OK. The installation begins
  17.  Restart the computer


The ThinkPad AudioDrive support software for Windows 95 is complete.


Installing the Infrared Device Driver for Windows 95 

To install the infrared device driver for Windows 95, see Installing the Infrared Device Driver for Windows 95  in the Thinkpad users guide.
In the users guide, the device name in Device Manager is indicated as either Generic IrDA Compatible Device  or Generic IR Serial Port  depending on the version of Windows 95 installed on the computer.

NOTE: The infrared device may be disabled by the default system setting. In this case, you must first enable the infrared device before using it. Also make sure that there is no resource conflict after enabling the infrared device.
If you are going to install FAT32 using the installation procedure in the ThinkPad users guide, do the following:

  1.  Insert the ThinkPad IR Features Diskette  in drive A:
  2.  Open the MSDOS command prompt
  3.  Change to the Windows directory
  4.  Type: Copy A:IBM*.*
  5.  Type: EDIT SYSTEM.INI
  6.  Locate 386Enh in the file
  7.  Add the following line after 386Enh:
    device=ibmir.386
     Make sure that there is no duplicate line
  8.  Save and then exit


Installing the CD-ROM Device Driver for Windows 95 (ThinkPad 365XD Only) 

To install the CD-ROM Device Driver for Windows 95, see the ThinkPad users Guide 

Back to  Jump to TOP-of-PAGE

Please see the LEGAL  -  Trademark notice.
Feel free - send a Email-NOTE  for any BUG on this page found - Thank you.