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Wireless USB Adapter vs. Win 7 Pro 64-Bit
Howdy Folks!
I am having one heck of a time getting a new wireless USB adapter to do ... well, much of anything really. "Plug and Play" has become a nightmare of hours and hours spent tweaking everything I can think of. Here are the details.
My system runs on Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit. It connects to the internet via a wired connection, but - the only printer in the house is a wireless one, so I purchased an Encore Wireless N300 USB Adapter so I could access the printer when needed.
I do not believe my problem has to do with both a wired and wireless connection running at the same time, as I have disabled my wired adapter and physically removed the cable.
I have connected the adapter to different USB ports, installed the company drivers from the disc, uninstalled those and allowed Win 7/Windows Update to choose drivers instead (it uses Realtek RTL8192CU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter), nothing seems to allow me to view the house wireless network (though other computers and the iPad can see it fine, so I know it is up).
When I attempt to "Manually connect to a wireless network", all I get is "An unexpected error occurred." The Windows diagnostics tell me there "May be a problem with the wireless adapter", but cannot repair the problem (or tell me specifically what it is). Following the Windows network wizard similarly ends in failure.
According to "Network Connections" the device is Enabled, but the Status shows "IPv4 Connectivity: Not Connected". I physically plugged the adapter into a laptop running Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit, and within 3 minutes (and auto-installing the above Realtek driver) the laptop had working Wireless Connection 1 (the onboard adapter) and Wireless Connection 2 (the USB adapter), so I believe the unit itself is functioning fine. But in my desktop the green status light just blinks slowly, taunting me but never connecting to anything.
Anyway - I'm about at my wit's end, was wondering if anyone had suggestions on other things I might try?
Thanks for reading!