So this is a original windows 8.1 unit. G585 lenovo. All drivers update from windows update but the wifi driver keeps showing realtek inside of windows 10 but it is a atheros. I have the proper driver but because the date is prior to the windows 10 driver it keeps trying to use it will not accept it. Any ideas?
Nevermind just delete this post. I read on microsofts site that there is some bug that will be fixed with update 1. Untill than were hosed on this specific model wireless chip.
Have you extracted the drivers to a folder, in device manager right click on the wifi adapter, click update driver software, then browse my computer...., then let me pick from a list...., then have disk, then browse for the .inf file within the extracted drivers folders?
You could try:
Turn off Windows Automatic Driver Update.
1. Search : Device > choose: Device Installation Settings
2. Select: “No, let me choose what to do”
3. Uncheck: Always install the best driver software from MS
Then go to Device Manager and uninstall the WiFi Adapter, when asked say yes to removing the driver also.
Restart and then install your correct driver.
If you uninstall the device and the driver and restart you should be left with a non functioning device (yellow (!) next to it), unless Windows installs a driver automatically.
If Windows is finding the wrong driver from the disk in the Driverstore and installing it, then turning off automatic driver installation should stop that.
Have you tried uninstalling the device and driver?
Yes I have. I even found a post on the Microsoft support forums where Microsoft doesn't even have a solution right now to the problem just an it's coming soon answer after they went thru about 20 steps. It appears that no matter what Windows doesn't want to take the driver for that specific hardware id.
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