How to install Network Adapter Driver

Network adapters are also be consider as the network interface cards (NIC) or also recognize as Ethernet adapters. The port in the adapter is consider as gateway to the Internet. Network adapters provides some of the fastest connections within a local area network (LAN), helpful in transferring large or bulky files between computers on the same network. You might face a hurdle, however, when the network adapter is would not functioning due to corrupt or missing drivers -- you cannot go online to research for corrective action. If you require to install or reinstall the network adapter drivers on your computer, Windows has a wizard that instruct you through the process.
Tips to Install Network Adapter Drivers:-

1. Insert the installation CD in CD driver that stores the network adapter drives into your CD drive. Come out from any pop-up windows for now.

2. Click on the "Start" or the Windows orb logo on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen to show the Start menu. choose "Run" from the list  to open a dialog box. Type "devmgmt.msc" in the field which is labeled "Open," and after that click  on the "OK" button to open the "Device Manager."

3. Scroll window of Device Manager downwards to the "Other Devices" category, then click on left on the network card adapter to make it highlight. The adapter might also appear under the "Network Adapters" category if it would not in "Other Devices." Go for a yellow "!" (exclamation mark) and "?" (question mark) to recognize hardware that needs drivers.

4. click on the right of network adapter to show the pop-up menu, after that select "Properties" from the menu to open a dialog box.

5. Go for the "Reinstall Driver" button on the "General" tab in the dialog box in the window to check the "Hardware Update Wizard."

6. Click on the radio button next to "Install from a menu or specific location ‘Advanced’," after this click on the ‘Next’ button to advance the page in the wizard.

7. Then click on the radio button next to "find out the best driver in these locations."

8. Click on the check mark in the box next to "find out removable media (floppy, CD-ROM...)."

9. Click on the check mark next to "contain of these location in the search," and then click on the "Browse" button to open other box in window. choose the drive letter that is assigned to your CD drive, e.g., "D," "E," etc. Click on and off folders to make them expand. when you click the folders or file, monitor the grayed out disabled "OK" button. when the "OK" button is enabled that means Windows will recognizes that driver is in that folder. Click on the "OK" button to close down the box and it will bring the Hardware Update Wizard back to the front.

10. Click on the "Next" button and meanwhile pause Windows installation driver file. Monitor the screen for any other instructions and follow through. when the green progress bar advances from left to right, you would see a page in the Wizard that would state that the installation is finished. Click on the "Finish" button and get ready if it ask for restart.

Warning:-

       If you do not have the driver or software CD that is originally given with the network adapter, visit on the manufacturer website on internet to download it. Then click on the "Support" or "Download" section and after that find out the driver files by model number. After that save that driver files to a USB flash drive or SD card.

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