Ok, fair enough to blame Dell for screwing up the implementation.
But Microsoft still doesn't get off the hook. Using the default Linux driver, the one that hasn't changed since 2002, the Linux Mint install saw the NIC just fine.
And here’s where you run into a problem because you haven’t touched Windows since 1999
Boy, talk about making assumptions.
Just because I'm personally Microsoft free, doesn't mean that I haven't worked with Microsoft products since 1999.
Any time there’s hardware in the computer that XP (and every version of Windows since) does not have drivers installed and configure for there’s a New Hardware wizard displayed on boot,
Only if Windows recognizes the device to some extent.
That’s how he knows Windows didn’t recognize the card, because a New Hardware wizard popped up and said it didn’t recognize the card.
Odd, Windows XP SP2 on VirtualBox doesn't see the IntelPro adapter and doesn't pop up anything. It just doesn't see the card at all.
But again you’re comparing 2002 to 2001. Did a two thousand and ONE Linux have support for that Intel chip?
Hey you’re the one claiming to be MS free for 10 years. Not my fault you don’t actually mean it.
WRONG. ANY device that is not recognized will pop up the New Hardware wizard. That’s what the wizard is for, if XP recognizes it XP will run the PnP install on it and not give you the wizard. You get the wizard when it doesn’t know what it is.
And that’s why we don’t do hardware testing on virtual machines. If it doesn’t see the card at all then it can’t popup the new hardware wizard, it doesn’t see new hardware.