Sunday, August 9, 2015

Window 7 - figure out what network card you have so you can get the right drivers

I found a great site that helps you figure out what network card your computer has, so that you can get the right drivers:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/73420-hardware-identification.html 

I was working on an HP laptop, and pulling down drivers from HP's site, that just did not work at all. I found some forum entries that indicated that the drivers listed for that particular machine class were just wrong.Using the link above I was able to get the exact network maker and model, and even a link to download the driver from the manufacturer's website. Worked perfect.I wasted several days trying to guess at drivers etc., until I found that site!

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