Inspiron N4010 14R, Broadcom virtual wireless adapter compatibility issue

Good Morning,

Went thru the advised steps to download W10 and all is good. Some minor glitches that I will need to  resolve. But so far the system is running well. Thank you for your patience and assistance.

Best wishes.

I have the same problem updating to Windows 10.  In the Device Manager on my machine under Network Adapters I see:

Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)

Bluetooth Device (RFCOMM Protocol TDI)

Broadcom Virtual Wireless Adapter

DW1501 Wireless-N WLAN Half-Mini Card

Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter

I do not see a Broadcom 802.11 network adapter

I do not want to delete the wrong item on my machine.  Please help as to what I should delete and what I should keep.

Thank you

ok well what I did to resolve this issue was to Remove the Broadcom Virtual adapter but DO NOT UNINSTALL THE DRIVER because it is needed to run the wireless. You will see in the Broadcom dialog box once you uninstall the Broadcom it will ask you if want to remove the Driver. DO NOT REMOVE or check this box. Then go to MS and to the Media center to upgrade to W10. Good luck. 

Hello. I am also having the same trouble with this. I have a Dell Inspiron 2305, and when I clicked on the left arrow, I got this:

Broadcom Virtual Wireless Adapter

DW1501Wireless-N WLAN Half-Mini Card

Microsoft 6to4 Adapter

Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2

Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3

Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller

Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

What should I do from here?

Hi,

I am unclear if you are having an issue with you Broadcom Virtual wireless that prevents downloading W10? If so, go to Device Manager click on the wireless box then uninstall BUT DO NOT UNISTALL THE DRIVERS. then go Microsoft.com to download W10. Good luck. Once I uninstalled the  Broadcom Wireless the W10 download proceeded flawlessly, and also the new W10 update.

I'm not sure what the wireless box is. Can you tell me specifically what I need to click on? I opened up Device Manager but I don't know what to do from there.

go to device manager and open the network adapter click on Broadcom wireless virtual. Click uninstall but DO NOT UNINSTALL THE DRIVERS. You still need these drivers. But as stated in my previous post if the issue that prevented the W10 update is the Broadcom then you need to uninstall this adapter. good luck.

Do I right-click uninstall? Because if I double-click it, then it will lead me to uninstalling the drivers. I just want to make sure, so I don't mess up and do something wrong.