DLINK DWA-142 installation problems in Vista 64bit

~ Please keep in mind that I'm from the Netherlands, so my English will not be as perfect as yours ~

Like the title suggests I'm experiencing a lot of problems when I try to install my wireless adapter, the D-Link DWA-142.

Before I bought the DWA-142, I mailed DLINk with the question if the DWA-142 supported both vista 32 and 64 bit editons. Dlink confirmed that and replied with an 100% compatibility statement.

When I try to install the adapter with the supplied driver disc, I am experiencing errors like: Cannot install wireless driver, or: Cannot find wireless adapter. When I use the add hardware wizzard he does not 'see' the disk...
I also tried to install with windows XP SP2 compatibility.. Same results.

Note: When I plug the USB adapater in, VISTA is aware of it but the DLINK installation wizzard isn't.. How wierd is that...


How can I solve this?

Are you sure it is 64bit compatible.... i think it is not, unless you find new drivers on dlink web site

DLINK said it was 100% compatible with X64 and X86 Vista based systems, so yes I am sure...

Phoenix said:

DLINK said it was 100% compatible with X64 and X86 Vista based systems, so yes I am sure...

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Just seen on Dlink US web site: http://support.dlink.com/products/view.asp?productid=DWA-142

Hmm. That's quite strange. Why would Dlink say it is compatible when it isn't..

I'm requested a RMA at my hardware shop. I'm going to swap the DWA-142 for the DWA-556, which is actually Vista x64 compatible.

Thanks for the good research..

There is a working Vista x64 driver.

See this post: http://www.vistax64.com/network-internet/188050-d-link-dwa-142-vista-x64-driver.html

I know that this is VERY old but i found the DWA-142 x64 driver on the d-link ru FTP server:
Index of /pub/Wireless/DWA-142/Drivers/1.40
it's compatible vista x64 and xp x64