Drivers dissapeared after Upgrade? (Ralink)

Sixaxis

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Okay, I just upgraded from Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit, and now I'm missing some of my drivers. The most important to me though is the `Ralink WLAN 802.11 b/b` driver, and I've done EVERYTHING I could think of to try to get it back. First I used Windows Update and it updated all 40+ updates successfully, EXCEPT the `Ralink USB Wireless 802.11 b/g Adaptor`, which for whatever odd reason Failed (And now when I check for updates/install again, I have no option to attempt re-installing it?) . Then I went to Ralinks website and downloaded every possible driver related to mines, and restarted multiple times, and still no luck (It's not even detected in the Device Manager either). Thing is, this is a HP computer and I still have that Recovery Partition with the Vista restore on it. Would it be possible to restore only the drivers out of that partition, or any other method I haven't tried yet?

Please help, this is driving me insane. :(
 

My Computer My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
I see some Win 7 drivers, but am not sure of the model # of your wireless adapter. You can search here:
Ralink corp.

or let us know what the model # is (part #)
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell and Custom
OS
Systems 1 and 2: Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Win 8 Developer
CPU
System 1: i7 [email protected], System 2: AMD FX-4100 Zambezi 3.6G
Motherboard
System 1:Dell 06NWYK System 2: ASUS M5A97 AM3+
Memory
System 1: 8GB System 2: 8GB
Graphics Card(s)
System 1: ATI FirePro V4800 System 2: Radeon HD 6850
Sound Card
System 1: onboard System 2: onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
System1: Viewsonic HDMI 24"
Screen Resolution
System 1: 1920x1080 System 2: 1920x1080
Hard Drives
System 1: Mirrored .5B drives System 2: Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
Case
System 1: Dell System 2: Cooler Master
Internet Speed
10 MBPS
Thank you for helping Lemur, but I found the problem. Seems that a driver installed called "libusb-win32" was the source of the problem and affected every USB related thing on my computer. Uninstalling it fixed everything.
 

My Computer My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
Glad to hear it. And welcome to SF!
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell and Custom
OS
Systems 1 and 2: Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Win 8 Developer
CPU
System 1: i7 [email protected], System 2: AMD FX-4100 Zambezi 3.6G
Motherboard
System 1:Dell 06NWYK System 2: ASUS M5A97 AM3+
Memory
System 1: 8GB System 2: 8GB
Graphics Card(s)
System 1: ATI FirePro V4800 System 2: Radeon HD 6850
Sound Card
System 1: onboard System 2: onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
System1: Viewsonic HDMI 24"
Screen Resolution
System 1: 1920x1080 System 2: 1920x1080
Hard Drives
System 1: Mirrored .5B drives System 2: Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
Case
System 1: Dell System 2: Cooler Master
Internet Speed
10 MBPS
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