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Updating your Wireless Drivers

Connectify Support
posted this on Jan 12 02:56 pm

Updating your wireless drivers is the very best thing you can do to improve your Connectify experience. Updates can fix a plethora of complications and are one of the most common resolutions to our customers' most difficult and frustrating issues. Many people unknowingly operate their computers with drivers predating Windows 7. These drivers were released with Windows 7 as a first effort and contain a whole host of bugs which can prevent your hotspot from working properly. A common mistake is assuming the Windows Update will provide the latest device drivers for you. Quite often Windows Update will report no updates for your device when there are in fact new and improved drivers with critical fixes available. 

There are a few ways to get the latest wireless drivers for your device. The first recommended method is to consult your PC manufacturer's support website for the latest downloads, for example Sony, Dell, or HP. Another popular method is to use a third party tool to update your drivers, we often recommend the free download SlimDrivers available here: http://www.driverupdate.net/download.php. Finally, you can consult your wireless device's manufacturer such as Intel, Broadcom, or Realtek. You'll need to look up the device's name and identifier, which you can determine from the Internet or Share Over drop-downs of the Connectify user interface or by going to the Windows Control Panel -> Network Connections,  right clicking on the device you want to update, and selecting Properties. 
 

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kosar halabjae

thanks

February 29, 2012 06:01 am
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Sarawut Srisunakau

thank

 

March 06, 2012 03:08 am
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Leandro Arasaki

Thaaaaanks!!! The Slim Driver is really awesome! A had never heard about that before.

March 11, 2012 01:50 pm
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Satria De'crossover

where i can download driver

March 15, 2012 06:46 am
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Mei YE

This is great. Thanks! :)

April 08, 2012 06:19 am
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文博 李

very good

April 22, 2012 09:06 am
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vicky92

why my connectify cant log in??
n keep say windows has ecountered an error initializing hostednetwork.pls check on9 for suggestions???
 

May 06, 2012 02:59 am