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    Can I install WLAN on winXP?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by iods, Mar 20, 2012.

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    I don't know if this is the right forum to be asking this but i have an aspire 7715z and it seems i can't install WLAN driver on winXP SP2 .. so is there any compatible driver that works under winXP ??

    x86 platform
     
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    Compatible with what- what's your Wi-Fi card?
     
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    I don't really know all I know is, it's a 802.11b/g .. could be intel though .. how can I know what's my WI FI card ?
     
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    Run this application (it's genuine Acer one hosted on their server)
     
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    it says broadcom
     
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    Try this driver and make sure you have Launch Manager installed.
     
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