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A manual installation will install the driver for the wireless adapter only; it will not install any associated software. Only certain wireless adapters are compatible with 64-bit operating systems: Intel® WiFi Link 5300, Intel® WiFi Link 5100, Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN, and Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection.
If you need to automate the process, use the file named iProdifx.exe from the driver package. | |
Use the following steps to manually install the wireless adapter driver:
- Intel recommends you download and install the updated driver(s) from your computer manufacturer. If updates are not available, you may choose to download and install an Intel generic ZIP package. The process shown here involves Intel generic drivers.
- Extract the driver files and save them to a location on your hard drive.
- Click Start » Control Panel.
- Click System and Maintenance.
- Click System.
- Click Device Manager
- Click Continue.
- Click the + symbol in front of Other Devices to expand the section.
- Right-click the Network Controller and click Update Driver Software.

- Click Browse my computer for driver software.
- Click Browse and navigate to the folder where you extracted the files.
- Click Next.
- Click Close after the installation completes.
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If the wireless adapter fails after performing a manual installation of the driver, try installing the driver again; you will not be able to roll back to a previous version because one does not exist. | |
Automate the Installation Process
The following method can be used to automate the manual installation process if you have a driver package from your computer manufacturer.
- Extract the driver files and save them to a location on your hard drive.
- Navigate to the folder where you extracted the files and then to the Driver folder.
- Run iProdifx.exe.

Operating System:
| Windows Vista* Starter, 32-bit version, Windows Vista* Home Basic, 32-bit version, Windows Vista* Home Premium, 32-bit version, Windows Vista* Business, 32-bit version, Windows Vista* Enterprise, 32-bit version, Windows Vista* Ultimate, 32-bit version, Windows Vista* Home Basic, 64-bit version, Windows Vista* Home Premium, 64-bit version, Windows Vista* Business, 64-bit version, Windows Vista* Enterprise, 64-bit version, Windows Vista* Ultimate, 64-bit version |
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Solution ID: CS-025396
Date Created: 08-Jan-2007
Last Modified: 18-Jul-2008
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