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Jan 01, 2016
Just install the driver
2 of 2 found this helpful I bought this for a Windows XP computer that lives across the house from the Wi-Fi transmitter. It comes with a mini CD (the kind that's about 2 inches in diameter) with the driver and some proprietary software to manage the Wi-Fi connection. The installation instructions, also on the CD, seemed good enough I tried installing the whole thing. Sure enough, even though the instructions were designed for Windows XP, there was one step the instructions didn't mention. Worse, I couldn't get the WI-Fi management program to work. After a couple of tries, I uninstalled all the software (that worked) and reinstalled just the driver, using the "Let Windows manage the Wi-Fi connection" option. That worked fine, perhaps because I'm used to the way Windows manages Wi-Fi connections from other computers.
I still gave the gadget five stars. Recently I was carping at an IT person about the sorry state of the instructions that come with software. The IT person said any instructions they write go out of date in a week -- the operating systems, etc., that a given program has to interact with get updated that fast. I suppose the lesson to learn is to let Windows manage add-on gadgets like this one, and don't mess with the proprietary software unless Windows doesn't do what you need.
May 31, 2016
It's USB 2.0; that's not fast any more.
Yes it was a good value at $9.25. I'm using it to back up a computer at work.
Reliable?? How should I know? I've had it about a week, and it seems OK so far. That and twenty five pennies will get you a quarter.
Apr 25, 2018
It runs on Windows 7
And it's a good way to waste time.