IBM Personal Systems Group Support for Microsoft Windows 2000 Beta IBM is providing a selection of drivers and information to assist our customers who are evaluating the Microsoft Windows 2000 family of products during the beta test phase. It is hoped that these materials will be helpful to you. However, please understand that, beta-level code and information by their nature are prototype materials and that IBM is not in a position to assure their quality, function, performance or compatibility. Therefore, IBM does not provide technical support for these items. IBM also is not obligated to provide any maintenance or updates for the items. IBM provides the drivers and any related information or services "AS IS", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION MAY NO APPLY TO YOU. IN THAT EVENT, SUCH WARRANTIES ARE LIMITED IN DURATION AND SCOPE TO THE GREATEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW. IBM's warranties, if any, for newly purchased IBM hardware products are as stated in the applicable IBM Statement of Limited Warranties, and for IBM licensed programs are as stated in the applicable IBM Program License Agreement. IN NO EVENT WILL IBM BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO YOUR DATA, LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS, THIRD PARTY DAMAGES, INCIDENTAL DAMAGES OR OTHER ECONOMIC CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF IBM HAS BEEN ADVISED IN ADVANCE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. ThinkPad ACP Modem Driver Diskette for Microsoft Windows 2000 for the ThinkPad 600 and 770X. 11/09/98 Installation Notes: Section 1: Building the disks. Section 2: Installation instructions. Section 3: CID installation notes. 1) Building the diskettes. ========================== The installation diskettes are self extracting diskette images. To create the diskettes, insert a blank, formatted floppy diskette into the floppy drive, change to the directory where the file was downloaded, and type in ACPBNTA.exe and press enter. This will expand the first diskette image to the floppy drive. Repeat this process with the second file (ACPBNTB.exe). 2) Installation =============== You can install on Windows 95/98/NT4/NT5 by simply running A:\SETUP.EXE This is not required for Win95/98/NT5, as this is an INF Based install, but it is the easiest way to start your install. What should I see? ----------------- If you are running Windows 95/98 this should cause a new device to be found and launch the Hardware Wizard. Proceed thru normally. Note that on OSR2 you will need to tell it that the disk is in drive A:\ twice. No reboot is needed, and the modem should appear on your desktop. If you are running Windows NT4 this should start the process of copying files to your hard disk. You will need to reboot the computer to start the DSP and Modem Services. You will then need to add the 'ThinkPad Data Fax Modem' using the Control Panel 'Modems' applet. Let Windows autodetect your modem. If you are running Windows NT5, you will be told you need to reboot, since NT5 only detects ISA PnP device once during boot. When prompted, simply point to the floppy disks (or wherever the install files are located). Problems? -------- If you run SETUP because you wish to install a new build, but an existing build has not removed yet, you will be prompted and told that you need to remove the old software first. Then the Control Panel Applet will open automatically. Select the Utilites tab and press the 'Remove Driver Software' button. Windows NT will require a reboot. Once this is completed you can run SETUP to install the new build. If the installation is copying files and you see any sort of errors indicating that a file was corrupt, you may have a bad diskette. Perform a full format (not a quick format) on the diskette to see if there are errors. If not, rebuild using the EMT utility. 3) CID installation notes ========================= If you want to install from a LAN drive, you will need to have write access. This seems to be a limitation with the Windows 95/98 Hardware Wizard. If you do not have write access, simply copy the CID directory to your local hard disk and install from there.