This took me ages to find
If you need to install Oracle database on a Vista Machine then this may help.
1) start device manager
2) right-click top node
3) add legacy hardware
4) select Netwrok Adaptor
5) select Microsoft6) select Loopback adapter
This was from an original post at
http://davedotnet.blogspot.com/2006/06/installing-loopback-adaptor-in-windows.html
Also useful was
http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2004/07/06/174576.aspx
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Hi Adrian,
Oracle has this also listed on their site. It’s actually a pre-requisite for 10g installations on machines using DHCP.
http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/install.102/b14316/reqs.htm#BABDGIAC