Monday, October 5, 2009

Edimax 7318USg (USB) on Windows Server 2003 (Win2K3)

How to modify a driver's INF file to work with different hardware...

1. Inserted the USB adapter
2. Went to Device Manager, Right Clicked on Device with Yellow Exclamation, Properties
3. 'Details' tab -> 'Device Instance Id' -> Made a note of 'VID_148F&PID_2573'
4. Downloaded Driver for D-Link WUA-1340 for Win2k/XP/Vista (ver 1.3 - 20-9-07)
5. Extracted the zip file
6. Went into Drivers\WinXP_2K_9X\ folder
7. Opened Dr71WU.inf
8. Replaced every instance of 'VID_07D1&PID_3C03' with 'VID_148F&PID_2573'
9. Right clicked on yello exclamation, "Update Driver', pointed it at Drivers\WinXP_2K_9X\ folder
10. Associated with my network
11. Feel very pleased with myself...

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