The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Avoiding "Best driver is installed"

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by duxdad, Dec 1, 2011.

  1. duxdad

    duxdad Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    8
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I am trying to upgrade the Artheros Wi-Fi driver in my HP notebook.
    I have tried the usual uninstall device/driver, reboot, point to the folder where the driver I want but it keeps going back to what "it" thinks is best.
    How can I install the driver I want, not what it thinks is best;
    Thanks
     
    duxdad, Dec 1, 2011
    #1
  2. downloads

    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    7,729
    Messages:
    8,722
    Likes Received:
    2,230
    Trophy Points:
    331
    Install manually.
    Go to device manager. Atheros card, properties, driver, update driver, browse my computer and then instead of choosing the folder use the lower option- "let me choose from the list" and click "choose disk" button- only then browse to the folder and choose inf file.
     
    downloads, Dec 2, 2011
    #2