Document #: 05788

3C90x - Windows 95 OSR2 - Why does my NIC appear disabled?

Question: During the Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR 2) over the network install, a dialog box
appears saying I have an incompatible driver and that I have to get a Windows 95 compliant driver. Even if I
bypass this message and proceed, the device appears disabled in Device Manager. Why?

Answer: This failure has been observed with other NICs. This occurs only with the OSR2 version of Win95,
not with Win95 'gold release'. Please contact Microsoft for additional support.

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