Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility

How to confirm installation of the Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility

Installation of the Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility can be confirmed using:

• Device Manager
• System registry

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.