C79000-Z8974-C70-02CP 5511 Communications Card under Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000 Professional
5 Installing SOFTNET
5.1
Notes on Installation
Installation from
Under Windows 98, Windows NT and Windows 2000 Professional, the
product is installed using the installation program SETUP.EXE in the
CD
main folder on the CD.
Installation from
If you want to install the product on a computer without a CD-ROM
drive, you must copy the required product from the CD to diskettes.
Diskettes
How to do this is described in the Readme.txt file on the CD.
Installation in the
If you have already installed a SINEC or SIMATIC NET product,
Same Drive
make sure that you install the new software on the same drive!
Hardware
If you insert the CP 5511 network card before you install the software,
Windows 98 will ask you to insert a manufacturer's diskette. Insert the
Detection under
SIMATIC NET CD, specify the folder 'SW\sn_pb_dp\disk1' and follow
Windows 98
the instructions.
Close all active Windows programs including the Control Panel.
Reason: If programs are running, shared software components
cannot be replaced. You must then expect problems later when
running the products.
Registry Entries
Please remember that before you can install this product
under Windows NT
successfully, you must log on as an administrator with
4.0 and Windows
Windows NT or Windows 2000 Professional. If you do not log on
2000 Professional
as administrator, important entries in the registry of Windows
NT and Windows 2000 Professional cannot be made.
If you do not have write access to the registry, the installation
will be incomplete.
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