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Dell Inspiron 1521 WIFI issue
I have a Dell Inspiron 1521 running Windows 10.
Yesterday Windows 10 updated and in the process broke my WIFI.
The driver Windows used doesn't work and to uninstall that driver is a real pain.
The error Windows network diagnostics gives is this.
There might be a problem with the driver for the WiFi adapter.
Windows couldn't automatically bind the ip protocol stack to the network adapter.
Any idea how to fix it or is it a bug and do I have to wait for Microsoft to fix it?
jmcinvale
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October 6th, 2017 14:00
Oh also I finally got the driver uninstalled and got an older one installed but it said it was not compatable.
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October 7th, 2017 05:00
Thank you for your message.
Inspiron 1521 has not been tested for Windows 10 & there is no official tested drivers available for any OS above Windows Vista.
You can try installing the Vista drivers in compatibility mode & check if that works. If not, you may need to install a previous version of Windows OS.
jmcinvale
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October 7th, 2017 09:00
Now I did run the install program in compatibility mode for Vista SP2 when the drivers did finally install and Windows said they were not compatible.
How do I install the drivers themselves in compatibility mode?