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Sprint Nextel 550 User Manual

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Section 2: Installing the PCS Connection Card

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2A: Installation on Notebook PCs

of launching the software by double clicking an icon on your
desktop (as well as from the Start menu).

Click

Finish

to close the last screen of the wizard.

If you are running Windows XP, a window indicates that the
driver files will be copied to your notebook. Click

OK

and

click

Continue Anyway

on the Software Installation window

each time it appears. A window prompts you to insert the
PCS Connection Card to install the drivers. Click

OK

.

Installing the PCS Connection Card driver.

1.

Attach the antenna to the PCS Connection Card and, with the label
facing up, carefully insert the card into your PC Card slot. Windows
should detect that a new device has been inserted and launch the
wizard that guides you through the driver installation.

2.

Select

Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)

on the

first window of the Found New Hardware Wizard and click

Next

to proceed.

3.

Select the

Search for the best driver in these locations

radio

button, and the

Include this location in the search

check box,

then enter

d:\Drivers\WinXP

where

d

is the drive letter of your

CD-ROM drive. Click

Next

to proceed to the next window.

4.

If a warning appears stating that PCS Connection Card has not
passed Windows Logo testing, click

Continue Anyway

.

5.

Click

Finish

and repeat steps 1 to 4 as prompted.

6.

Click

OK

when prompted that the card has been successfully installed.

On completion of this step, the PCS Connection Manager Software and
the PCS Connection Card driver are installed and you can proceed to
activate your card. See “Activating Your PCS Connection Card” on page 24.

Tip: A driver is software that forms the interface between a device (such
as the PCS Connection Card) and the operating system on your PC (such as
Windows XP).