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by Anand M.
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I just installed a newer build of Vista to try out. The first roadblock I hit was to get my modem working. I use a AirTel DSL connection, that uses a Globespan Virata ADSL modem. But they have a very bad driver. It is unsigned and you need to know exactly what settings you have to use to get it to work.
In Beta 1 I had got it to work on Vista, but doing exactly what I would do to set it up in Win XP. So I did the same in the new build. The installation went fine, but the device was not working. Playing around a little bit in the device manager and trying to update the driver, I came up with the error message saying that the driver was unsigned.
A bit of googling, showed that x64 version of Vista will not allow unsigned Kernal mode drivers and that the x32 version would need Admin privilages for installation of unsigned drivers. OK, I was admin and still it does not work. Now sure what the problem is, if someone has sucessfully installed a unsigned modem driver, do leave some comments. I will post more if I do solve this.
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