Can't Find Network Wifi Adapter Driver  


  1. qurious
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    Windows 7 Home 64 bit
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    Can't Find Network Wifi Adapter Driver


    Taken the IDE hard drive (with Windows 8.1 installed) out of HP Pavilion 15-e72sa laptop and replaced it with a Crucial SSD drive, then installed Windows 7 but cannot get an internet connection. There are yellow warning markers in Device Manager next to the Network Adapter and Ethernet Controller. The laptop has a Realtek RTL8188EE 802.11bgn Wifi Adapter for which I can only find a driver which is for Windows 8. Tried and tried to find a suitable Windows 7 driver version to no avail. I would really appreciate any advice.
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  3. richnrockville
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    qurios, welcome to the windows 7 forum. Have you looked at the HP website for the model of laptop?
    they usually have drivers for most OS's. Sometimes the Vista driver will work on windows 7 if it is an older laptop.

    you need the motherboard drivers as well as the network device drivers and video card drivers.

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  4. qurious
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    Thank you for your reply richnrockville. I have tried Realtek, Hp and various other driver download sites.
    The laptop is new and all other drivers are up to date.
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  6. maxie
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    Hi there .. Did you try this Version on the HP website >>> Ralink 802.11 b/g/n WiFi Adapter
    2013-04-08 , Version5.0.23.0, 36.53M ... Its different from the one you Posted above
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  7. maxie
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    The one below should work ...

    Drivers, Software and Firmware for HP ProBook 440 G0 Notebook PC - HP Support Center


    If the Link does not take you direct to the Driver page do a Google search for the following

    Drivers, Software and Firmware for HP ProBook 440 G0 Notebook PC
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  8. qurious
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    Thank you for you reply. It is now thankfully sorted.:)
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  10. maxie
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    Most welcome glad you got it sorted
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