Install guide

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Prerequisites for Vodafone Mobile Broadband
Setup prerequisites are Wireless LAN API hotfix, Installer 3.1, .Net Framework 2.0, and Visual C++
2005 SP1.
Wireless LAN API (for Windows XP SP2 only)
Microsoft’s hotfix Wireless LAN API (KB918997), this hotfix is contained in Service Pack 3 of
Windows XP.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=52A43BAB-DC4E-413F-AC71-
158EFD1ADA50&displaylang=en
However, this hotfix requires Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML), this application is
contained in Service Pack 3 of Windows XP.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=993c0bcf-3bcf-4009-be21-
27e85e1857b1&displaylang=en
MSI Installer 3.1 (for Windows XP SP2 only)
The required MS Installer version for VMB is 3.1, this application is contained in Service Pack 3 of
Windows XP.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=889482fc-5f56-
4a38-b838-de776fd4138c
.Net Framework 2.0 (for Windows XP only)
The VMB Software is a .Net application, thus .Net Framework 2.0 is required. Microsoft’s .Net
Framework 2.0 is part of Windows Vista and Windows 7, but not for Windows XP.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-
4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package
The VMB Software is using version 8.0.50727.762 of this package, it is required for all Windows
operating systems.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=200b2fd9-ae1a-4a14-984d-
389c36f85647&displaylang=en
Customisation Files
Vodafone Mobile Broadband works with a user profile file named MobileBroadbandProfile.xml.
This file is generated for each user during run-time. The setup package includes only a template
user profile file which contains certain common settings in the folder
<installdirectory>\templates. However this template user profile file is used as a starting point
when creating an actual user profile file.
If certain settings for all users are required, then the standard template user profile file can be
replaced by a different one during the setup process by using Microsoft’s Transform mechanism.