Device driver installation will not see the hardware

When I followed the instructions (easy to follow, well wrtitten) it made no difference to the nothingness within the "Change Adapter Settings" window. I even restarted the PC and checked the registry. That key is gone

the hardware ID #'s hard to read? I'll edit the pics to just that portion

This legible? While restarting the PC (see above) I reenabled the adapter in the BIOS. That odd one disappeared and was replaced with something else. I'll get a shot of that like this attachment if it worked for you

You found the driver I used for the CT adapter. Made no difference which driver set I used, the result was the same.

Here is a shot of the controllers with the onboard enabled.

Someone bugging me to knock it off for the night so will check back later

Onboard LAN was disabled until 1/2 hr ago. Will go do that now. (Did not see your reply)

Onboard is off, only one controller now in device manager. Don't know why that odd controller was showing up earlier when the onboard was off then as well.

Noticed in Network & Sharing Center to the right of the network icon (2 PCS hooked together) is Unknow in boldface. Below it is "The dependency service or group failed to start"

Green light by port is flashing off approx every 2 to 3 seconds. Don't know when that started