Comments on: Windows Vista Beta 2 64-bit Installation Attempt Failed

By: danny

danny — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:02:32 +0000

hello, i have a problem i have windows vista ultimate installed on my computer but now my wireless card type wpc54g won’t work please can someone help me en tell me were i can find the right drivers. please help.or send me an e mail at dannydijkstra879@hotmail.com

By: Captain Marvel

Captain Marvel — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:34:35 +0000

I was able to get my Linksys wireless adapter to work in Vista. First I installed Windows XP and got the Linksys to work using the XP drivers. Then I did a Vista update install and it retained the ability to use the Linksys wireless adapter.

By: Arestis

Arestis — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 19:32:59 +0000

i ‘ve got the same problem.When does linksys get drivers for ultimatevista?

By: wjglenn

wjglenn — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 20:04:36 +0000

Well, Vista’s been released and Linksys still isn’t showing any Vista 32-bit drivers available for download for the WMP54G.

What’s interesting is that I can upgrade my existing WinXP installation and Vista picks up the drivers and works just fine. But if I do a clean install, and try to use the same drivers, no luck.

By: tentimes

tentimes — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 16:27:51 +0000

I can’t find where I got it from, but I managed to get a modified linksys driver for Windows XP x64 and I’m wondering would that work? Going to try it when I get a chance.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 17:20:18 +0000

For my WMP54G the chipset is provided by Railink and they have 64 bit drivers of the chipset rt2500. Works like a charm in Windows Vista 64 bit.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:38:21 +0000

I loaded Vista on my HP Athlon XP laptop…..runs like a dog..but the Linksys WPC54G card works with the Vista default ‘Broadcom’ chipset client..but only on a wireless network with no WEP. Mine uses WEP and for some reason…WEP doesn’t work.

Not tried WPA etc but Vista Linksys WEP is no go. The Linksys card does work though using native drivers from Vista.

By: Kev

Kev — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 23:21:11 +0000

Leon,

Vista 32-bit, generally speaking, can use Windows XP 32-bit drivers, and Vista 64-bit can use Windows XP 64-bit drivers.

As far as going to the chipset manufacturer for drivers, that’s exactly what I mentioned trying above.

By: leon

leon — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 13:45:56 +0000

Um, well yeah Microsoft can’t write drivers for every piece of hardware.

And why do you fail to mention the chip on the card ? Most retail package drivers are just to demonstrate the product working, and then the card manufacturer never again bothers with releasing updated drivers provided from the chipset manufacturer.

So go to the chipset manufacturer - that will be more likely.

But it Seems microsoft is making a mistake. XP, Xp 64 bit, 2003 server, 2003 server 64 bit, vista and vista 64 bit all require different drivers ???

I dont get that. Why can’t they all use Windows XP drivers , even with the poor performance of double buffering, that would help many people use the new OS’s …

By: Kev

Kev — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 04:46:32 +0000

Chaos, I was able to get the adapter working with the 32-bit version. Linksys’s Wireless Network Monitor software didn’t work, but the driver loaded successfully and I was able to use Vista’s built-in wireless networking tools to configure it.