How to Manually Install Adapters on Windows 8
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Note: This article applies to the situation that failed to install the adapter through .EXE program and the adapter has .inf file to download.
(please download the latest driver from TP-Link official site, and extract the zip file to see whether your adapter has .inf file.)
Before the installation, please download the latest driver from TP-Link official site, and extract the zip file to a folder .
Note: If there already is a driver but it's not working, you need to uninstall it first before installing the new driver. (control panel》program》uninstall program》uninstall driver for our wireless adapter)
First, please move your cursor to the right corner of computer screen, and you will see the right-side bar shows up, then click Start icon. (You can also directly press the Windows Key on your keyboard, which is normally between Ctrl and Alt keys. It turns you into Desktop screen also.)
![](https://static.tp-link.com/resources/UploadFiles/Images/win_8_Search_Bar_Start.bmp)
Then please follow the steps below:
1. Insert the adapter onto your computer.
2. Download the updated software and extract it.
3. Right click on Computer Icon, and then click Manage .
![](https://static.tp-link.com/resources/UploadFiles/How to Manually Install Adapters on Windows 9-491.png)
NOTE : If you are not an administrator, you will be prompted to type an administrator password, and then click Yes.
![](https://static.tp-link.com/resources/UploadFiles/临时文档!1-81.png)
4. Open Device Manager . Right click the adapter and then click Update Driver Software… .
![](https://static.tp-link.com/resources/UploadFiles/How to Manually Install Adapters on Windows 9-585(1).png)
5. Click Browse my computer for driver software .
![](https://static.tp-link.com/resources/UploadFiles/How to Manually Install Adapters on Windows 9-640.png)
6. Click Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer .
![](https://static.tp-link.com/resources/UploadFiles/How to Manually Install Adapters on Windows 9-881.png)
7. Highlight Show All Devices and click Next .
![](https://static.tp-link.com/resources/UploadFiles/How to Manually Install Adapters on Windows 9-933(1).png)
8. Click Have Disk .
![](https://static.tp-link.com/resources/UploadFiles/How to Manually Install Adapters on Windows 9-959.png)
9. Click Browse .
![](https://static.tp-link.com/resources/UploadFiles/How to Manually Install Adapters on Windows 9-1065.png)
10. Select the inf file in the driver folder, and then click Open .
![](https://static.tp-link.com/resources/UploadFiles/How to Manually Install Adapters on Windows 9-1172(2).png)
NOTE : athw8 is for 32-bit operating system, athw8x is for 64-bit operating system.
Please click start button, right click Computer and go to properties to confirm operating system and system type of your computer.
![](https://static.tp-link.com/res/upfile/faq/20150611042940.png)
11. Select the devicer you want to install for this hardware and Click Next .
![](https://static.tp-link.com/resources/UploadFiles/How to Manually Install Adapters on Windows 9-1258.png)
12. Click Yes .
![](https://static.tp-link.com/resources/UploadFiles/How to Manually Install Adapters on Windows 9-1276.png)
13. Wait a moment .
![](https://static.tp-link.com/resources/UploadFiles/How to Manually Install Adapters on Windows 9-1294.png)
14. Click Close .
![](https://static.tp-link.com/resources/UploadFiles/How to Manually Install Adapters on Windows 9-1314.png)
Appendix for Windows 8 64 bit
If the installation was failed under Windows 8 64 bit and you encountered the error message below:
![](https://static.tp-link.com/resources/UploadFiles/临时文档!1-0(3).png)
Please connect your computer to Internet with a cable and go back to step 5.
5. Click Search automatically for updated drive software
![](https://static.tp-link.com/resources/UploadFiles/临时文档!1-134.png)
6. Wait a moment
![](https://static.tp-link.com/resources/UploadFiles/临时文档!1-154.png)
7. Click Close
![](https://static.tp-link.com/resources/UploadFiles/临时文档!1-172.png)
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