Acer Aspire 5600

OK, so tomorrow I am going to be doing a fresh install of XP on this machine.

I have downloaded all the drivers for the laptop that I think I need. I only have two questions:

1) The VGA_ATI.zip file, that will install the Catalyst Control Center and everything, right?

2) How do I install the LAN driver? I have the LanRTL.zip file downloaded, however in the folder there is no Setup.exe file. Just 3 .sys data files and a system info file. No executables at all.

Before I go ahead and do the format tomorrow morning, I'd like to get these questions answered. My internet on this computer is connected through Ethernet, so I kinda need to make sure the LAN is working.

Here is the rest of the files I have downloaded, am I missing anything?
. 802ABG
. ATI
. Audio
. CardRdr
. CCD
. Chipset
. ePM (the only one of the Empowerment Technology apps I may install)
. LanRTL
. Touchpad

Hope that's it. But if you guys could answer the other two questions, that'd be fabulous.
This is where I downloaded them from: ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_5600/driver/

 

1) I suggest you use the drivers from ATI instead, they'll be more updated that's fore sure:
http://www.ati.com/online/mobilecatalyst/
2) Use this guide(skip step 2): http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=33
It's meant for graphic driver but you should use the same method to install your LAN driver

No idea if you're missing a driver, just install it all and you'll see if you're missing something when you open your "Device Manager"

 

I got the LAN driver working. Felt like a total tool, but my OS is in German and my German isn't 100% (more like 80%) all the time with technical language.

Thanks for the ATi link, I'm gonna test it out and see if it works.

 

That ATi thing doesn't work. It extracts the files and then gets to the InstallShield Wizard thing and then says the setup will only run in Adminstrator mode and must cancel itself because it's not running in administrator mode.

Not sure what that means. I am running in XP and last I knew of, there was no administrator mode. My user account obviously has administrator privileges.

What am I doing wrong here?

 

Log in , in safe mode , with the administrator account , and try again.