How to install Microsoft loop adapter in Windows XP

To manually Install the Microsoft loop adapter in Windows XP, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel ".
2. If you are in the classic view, click switch to category view under control panel in the left pane ".
3. Double-click "printer and other hardware" and then click "Next ".
4. In the left pane, under "see", click "add Hardware", and then click "Next ".
5. Click "yes, I have connected to this hardware", and then click "Next ".
6. At the bottom of the list, click Add new hardware device, and then click Next ".
7. Click "install hardware I manually selected from the list", and then click "Next ".
8. Click network adapter, and then click Next ".
9. In the manufacturer box, click Microsoft ".
10. In the "Network Adapter" box, click "Microsoft loopback adapter", and then click "Next ".
11. Click Finish ".

After the adapter is successfully installed, You can manually configure its options, just like any other adapter. If the TCP/IP attribute is configured with DHCP, the adapter will eventually use an AutoNet address (169.254.x.x/16) because the adapter is not physically connected to any physical media.