Installation; System Requirements - Sierra Wireless 595 User Manual

3: Installation

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System requirements

• Installation
• Inserting the AirCard
PC Card
• Removing the AirCard
PC Card
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This chapter guides you through the steps necessary to install
the AirCard PC Card on a notebook PC.
Note: Do not insert the AirCard PC Card into your PC Card slot
before installing the software.
The basic steps are:
1. Insert the AirCard 595 installation CD into your CD‐ROM
drive and install Watcher.
2. Insert the AirCard PC Card into the PC Card slot
to install the AirCard PC Card drivers.
3. If the AirCard PC Card has not been pre‐activated, use the
Activation Wizard to configure the AirCard PC Card (as
described in "Activation" on page 18).
Before you begin the installation process, ensure your PC is
running a supported operating system and meets the
hardware requirements described below.
System requirements
The AirCard PC Card is supported on notebook PCs running:
• Windows Vista (for the final commercial releases
scheduled for early 2007)
• Windows 2000 with Service Pack 1 or later (Service Pack 4
is recommended)
• Windows XP (Home and Professional versions)
• Mac OS X (supported through third‐party software
solutions)
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