If you happen to have an Intel PRO1000 network card, you may come across the following error when you open up control panel in Windows:
Intel PROset
resources are not available
The problem for me stemmed from repairing an installation of Windows.
With the Intel Pro-network cards, the software that comes bundled with them includes advanced network components that can be configured through Windows’ Control Panel. When this fails to load, you are likely to receive the above error.
Here’s what I did:
- Download and install the network software using Proset.exe
- Go into control panel, if the error is still present, go to Add/Remove Programs and uninstall the Intel Network software
- Reboot the computer
- Log back in, and reinstall the software. Include the advanced settings AND the WMI options.
- If the network card isn’t working at this point, start the device manager and scan for hardware changes.
If all has gone well, you should now have a working card.
As a point of interest, Windows failed to automatically install the drivers for me, so I had to point to the setup installation directory.