Powerlink PL-GM5 User manual

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Contents
CHAPTER 1 GETTING START .................................................................................................................................. 3
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS..................................................................................................................................3
WINDOWS 7USERS.......................................................................................................................................................3
Steps for changing notification level of UAC settings...........................................................................................4
Steps for Enabling Windows built-in Administrator account................................................................................5
CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION AND UNINSTALL ......................................................................................................... 8
PART I–INSTALL WLAN ADAPTER DRIVER .......................................................................................................................8
Install WLAN adapter Driver for Windows XP ......................................................................................................8
Install WLAN adapter Driver for Windows 7 ......................................................................................................11
PART II -INSTALL UTILITY ...................................................................................................................11
Install utility for Windows XP ..................................................................................................11
Install utility for Windows 7 ....................................................................................................13
UNINSTALL GIVE-ME-FIVE UTILITY .................................................................................................................................13
CHAPTER 3 GIVE ME FIVE USER GUIDE ............................................................................................................... 16
QUICK START..............................................................................................................................................................16
FUNCTION DESCRIPTION...............................................................................................................................................18
File Menu............................................................................................................................................................19
Tools Menu .........................................................................................................................................................19
About Menu .......................................................................................................................................................19
Connections Pane...............................................................................................................................................19
Properties Pane ..................................................................................................................................................19
Action Bar...........................................................................................................................................................19
Status Bar...........................................................................................................................................................20

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Getting Start
Minimum System Requirements
Pentium®300 MHz or higher compatible processor
At least one available USB 2.0 or 1.1 port
At least one built-in NIC interface.
The installation CD
5Mbytes free hard disk space.
Windows, XP, XP professional, Vista, or Windows 7.
Before you proceed with the installation, please notice the following descriptions.
1. Windows XP users must install SP3 or above.
2. If you have installed the WLAN USB driver & utility before, please uninstall the old version first.
3. The installation guide herein is operated under Windows system. For Linux or Mac driver
installation guide, please refer to the instruction in README at directory the driver has stored in
CD-Rom.
4. utility support Windows operating systems only. Linux and MAC users
Give-Me-Five wireless adapter can only act as a normal wireless adapter, without the advance
function the Give-Me-Five have.
5. Many WLAN chipset vendors have provided proprietary UI. If users already have pre-installed
WLAN adapter on system. We strongly suggest to turn off proprietary UI and switch to Windows
zero configuration instead.
Windows 7 Users
To install utility and execute. Windows 7 Home Edition users have to change notification
level of UAC (User Account Control) settings to “Never Notify”. For Windows Professional and Ultimate
Edition users, in addition to change UAC settings, enable and switch to Windows built-in Administrator
account get the most performance of operation.

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Steps for changing notification level of UAC settings
1. Open Control Panel and click System and Security
2. In Action Center, click Change User Account Control settings
3. Drag notification button down to Never Notify

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Steps for Enabling Windows built-in Administrator account
1. Right click Computer icon on desktop, from popup menu, select Manage.
2. Expend the console tree on Local Users and Groups, click Users, and right click Administrator on action
pane, and then click Properties
3. Uncheck Account is disabled and click OK

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4. Click Start button and Select Switch user

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5. Login Administrator account

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Chapter 2 Installation and Uninstall
The installation consists of two parts. The first part is driver installation for the WLAN chipset inside
WLAN adapter. The second part is utility.
utility installation will detect presence of WLAN adapter. It won’t response
to the installation if WLAN adapter does not plug into computer. Even though the main chip
of your other brand adapter is just the same with Give-Me-Five wireless adapter.
PART I –Install WLAN Adapter Driver
Install WLAN adapter Driver for Windows XP
1. If you insert the Wireless LAN USB Adaptor into your computer, the following hardware setup wizard
will pop up if you have never installed driver for Ralink RT3070. Click Cancel to cancel installation from
Windows.
2. Insert your installation CD into CD-ROM drive of your computer. An installation page will pop up for
you to install. Click WLAN 802.11n.
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If the installation page does not appear, double click CD-ROM drive the installation CD was inserted to,
or open the CD-ROM drive then click Autorun.exe
3. Click checkbox to accept the terms of license agreement, then click Next
4. Select setup type for Install driver only, then click Next

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5. Click Install to continue driver installation
6. Click Finish to complete the driver installation.