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Installation of the Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility can be confirmed using:
Device Manager
To confirm installation using Device Manager, perform the following steps:
1. Identify the chipset.
2. Display the PCI bus entry in Device Manager.
For Windows Vista*:
Click Start » Control Panel » System and Maintenance » Device Manager and expand the System devices listing.
For Windows* XP:
Click Start » Control Panel , double-click the System applet, and then select Hardware » Device Manager and expand the System devices listing.
For Windows* 95, Windows* 98, Windows 98 Second Edition (SE), and Windows Millennium Edition* (Me):
Click Start » Settings » Control Panel , double-click the System applet, and then select Device Manager and expand the System devices listing.
For Windows* 2000:
Click Start » Settings » Control Panel , double-click the System applet, and then select Hardware » Device Manager and expand the System devices listing.
For Windows NT* 4.0:
The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility is not required. It gets updated by installing Service Pack (SP) updates that are available from Microsoft*.
3. Locate your chipset. If the device name listed for the chipset matches what is shown in Device Manager, then the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility has been installed.
Intel® 900 Series Express Chipset Family
Intel® 800 Series Chipset Family
System Registry
To confirm installation using the system registry, perform the following steps:
CAUTION : Do not attempt to view or edit the registry if you do not understand what you are doing. Editing the registry can cause your installation of Windows to become unusable.
- Click Start .
- Click Run .
- Type in regedit and click OK .
- Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE .
- Expand Software .
- Expand INTEL .
- Select InfInst .1
- Look at the Install key. A value of "success" means that the installation was successful.
1 If the system was installed using an unattended installation or a sysprep installation , the "InfInst" key may not exist even if the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility was properly installed.
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