How to Manually Install LB Link Wireless USB Adapter on Windows 7
Note: This article applies to the situation that failed to install the adapter through .EXE program and the adapter has .inf file to download .
Note: If there already is a driver but it's not working, you need to uninstall it first before installing the new driver. (control panel》program》uninstall program》uninstall driver for our wireless adapter)
Then please follow the steps below:
- Insert the adapter onto your computer.
- Right click Computer, and then click Manage.
- Open Device Manager. Right click the adapter and then click Update Driver Software.
- Click Browse my computer for driver software.
- Click Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer.
- Highlight Show All Devices and click Next.
- Click Have Disk.
- Click Browse.
- Point to the inf file in the driver folder, and then click Open. Note: Please click start button, right click Computer and go to properties to confirm operating system and system type of your computer.
- Click Next.
- Click Close.
How to Manually Install LB Link Wireless USB Adapter on Windows 8?
First, please move your cursor to the right corner of computer screen, and you will see the right-side bar shows up, then click Start icon. (You can also directly press the Windows Key on your keyboard, which is normally between Ctrl and Alt keys. It turns you into Desktop screen also.)
Then please follow the steps below:
- Insert the adapter onto your computer.
- Download the updated software and extract it.
- Right click on Computer Icon, and then click Manage. NOTE : If you are not an administrator, you will be prompted to type an administrator password, and then click Yes.
- Open Device Manager . Right click the adapter and then click Update Driver Software.
- Click Browse my computer for driver software.
- Click Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer.
- Highlight Show All Devices and click Next.
- Click Have Disk.
- Click Browse.
- Select the inf file in the driver folder, and then click Open. NOTE : athw8 is for 32-bit operating system, athw8x is for 64-bit operating system. Please click start button, right click Computer and go to properties to confirm operating system and system type of your computer.
- Select the devicer you want to install for this hardware and Click Next.
- Click Yes.
- Wait a moment.
- Click Close.
Appendix for Windows 8 64 bit
If the installation was failed under Windows 8 64 bit and you encountered the error message below:
Please connect your computer to Internet with a cable and go back to step 5.
- Click Search automatically for updated drive software
- Wait a moment
- Click Close
How to Manually Install LB Link Wireless USB Adapter on Windows 10?
Windows 10 has built-in drivers for some adapters, so they can work on Windows 10 automatically. But if there is no built-in drivers for your adapter, or you want to upgrade the driver for it, the following instruction may help:
- Insert the adapter into your computer.
- Download the updated driver and extract it.
- Right click on Computer Icon, and then click Manage. NOTE: If you are not an administrator, you will be prompted to type an administrator password, and then click “Yes”. Note: If there isn’t a Computer icon on your desktop, please refer to the instruction below to find the computer management. Press “Windows key +X”, and click on computer management.
- Open Device Manager. Right click the adapter and then click Update Driver Software.
- Click Browse my computer for driver software.
- Click let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer and click Next.
- Highlight Show compatible hardware and click Have Disk.
- Click Browse and Open the inf file that you have already downloaded and extracted. Note: Please refer to the instruction below to confirm operating system and system type of your computer. 1) Please click on the “search” on the task bar and type in “this PC”, then you can find the desktop app. 2) Please right click on This PC, then choose Properties. 3) Please confirm your operating system
- Please click OK and go to Next;
- Then the adapter will be installed successfully and click on Close.
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