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VinnyVG's avatar
VinnyVG
Aspirant
Dec 27, 2017

HP PC Win7 - upgradd to Win 10 - WG111v3 adapter

Its now a few months  since I booted as normal my - then - Win7 HP PC. it went black sreen boot options - restart - needed a few times but eventualoly started  BUT the USB ports all failed.  I basiually gave up and op[ned occasionally to  try whatever help other  offered - which without USB to  get wifi to get downloads..made it all a bit pointless.     I have  just uploaded the free Win 10 offer from MS. To do so I had to  unplug everything and move it to the living room  - where the modem is located. I cannot move it because the landline  connects to the  modem ( Australia??)  and I  dont want wires trailing around the  house!  I  connected an Ethernet cabvle and did the  upgrade - after that was all settled, I tried a few of the suggested fixes - none worked.  

The last  suggestion was to check if Netgear - software and the WG111v3 usb "dongle" were still viable or had updates rendered them un-usable.  

So that is my question to the community... do I need to get  new dongles?     

 

( In Hope)   If there are any WIndows guru's online.... any clues on the USB failure.   Error 43 (  I think) is a catchall that explains nothing.

 

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3 Replies

  • michaelkenward's avatar
    michaelkenward
    Guru - Experienced User
    Dec 28, 2017

    That's a pretty old device. Its sofware dates back to the days of Windows ME!

     

    There is a manual and the latest software for the WG111v3 somewhere at the end of this link:

     

    >>>> WG111v3 | Product | Support | NETGEAR <<<<

     

    You may have a hard time getting it work work in Windows 10.

     

     

    • VinnyVG's avatar
      VinnyVG
      Aspirant
      Dec 30, 2017

      Hi,

      Thanks  for your advice...

      on Win7 untill the crash which led to the USB ports dying ( it may have been the reverse I supose) the wifi was working OK  through the plug in "dongle".   I know these days bascially all PC have a built in wifi modems and maybe these old dongles..like you suggest... are not really suitable for Win10. Which  begs the question,  do NetGear supply anything I can plug into Win10 to get wifi from the main Telstra modem?

      • michaelkenward's avatar
        michaelkenward
        Guru - Experienced User
        Dec 31, 2017
        VinnyVG wrote:
        I know these days bascially all PC have a built in wifi modems

         

        Only laptops.

         


        do NetGear supply anything I can plug into Win10 to get wifi from the main Telstra modem?

         

        Take your pick from this lot:

         

        WiFi Adapters | USB WiFi | NETGEAR

         

        You'll have a much better chance of getting one of those to work in Windows 10 than your 10 year-old throwback, designed to support "Windows 2000, XP, or Vista". A new device will also let you use 5 GHz wifi, rather than the 2.4 GHz that you get with the WG111v3.