Re: Linksys WUSB11 ver 2.6 driver issue

I vaguely remember running into a similar problem long ago. There is a
way to force Windows to install any driver you wish.

IIRC, with the device installed, as you step through the Update Driver
Wizard, uncheck anything that allows Windows to look for a driver and
check things that say I'll do it myself and I'll tell Windows where to look.

Lance
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R Parker thought carefully and wrote on 9/4/2004 6:42 AM:

> Hi, I've recently changed my PC and I am trying to re-set up my home
> wireless network. (Ad hoc setup, with USB modem on host machine and
> Linksys WUSB11 wireless adaptors on other two machines.)
>
> However, when I come to install my WUSB11 wireless adapter on my (new)
> host PC (running Windows XP SP1), Windows automatically installs the
> driver without me intervening. It appears to find the driver from its
> in-built collection and I can't make it get the driver from the CD or
> any other location of my choosing.
>
> Unfortunately, the driver that it installs does not appear to work
> properly - it is also a much later version (4.10.9.428)than that
> available from Linksys (2.10.37.2037). With this later driver
> installed file sharing is possible, but other PCs cannot access the
> internet. The driver that Windows installs is called "vnetusbl.sys".
>
> I have tried to use Update Driver from Device Manager but Windows
> "insists" that the driver it is already using is the latest and best.
>
> I have also tried renaming "vnetusbl.sys" to "vnetusbl.old" but
> Windows recreates the sys file.
>
> I have also tried updating to XP SP2 but it made no difference.
>
> I didn't have this problem on my last PC which also used XP SP1.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?
>
> Thanks and regards, Roger

"Lance" <lltbhill@link_earth.net> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I vaguely remember running into a similar problem long ago. There is a
> way to force Windows to install any driver you wish.
>
> IIRC, with the device installed, as you step through the Update Driver
> Wizard, uncheck anything that allows Windows to look for a driver and
> check things that say I'll do it myself and I'll tell Windows where to look.

Correct

--PA