Welcome back, in today’s video I’ll be showing you how to update your WiFi or network adapter drivers
on a Windows 10 PC or laptop. You might want to check for driver updates if there is a problem
with your network adapter. There are a few ways to check for driver software and in a lot of the
cases, your drivers might be already up to date. Most devices won’t need drivers to be downloaded
to work, but it’s worth checking to see if there are any driver updates available. Remember to
leave a like and feel free to subscribe if the video helps, let’s get into the methods.
We’ll start by using the automatic Windows tool to try and update our drivers. To do this, first
head to the device manager. You can get there by searching for it in the search bar. When the
device manager opens, look for the section called network adapters and double click on it to expand
it. Find your network adapter from this list, it should have the words network adapter in its name,
and it might look like mine but if you’re not sure then let me know in the comments and I will
try and help. When you’ve found it, double click on it, and then go to the driver tab.
In here, find where it says update driver and click on that. Now choose the automatic option,
which should be the top option of the two available. If there are any drivers that Windows
finds, it should install them automatically. However, it might say that the best drivers
are up to date. If you want, you can click on search for updated drivers on a Windows update.
If you need help installing a Windows update, click the card onscreen now to watch a video
of mine focusing on that. Remember this method to update drivers in case you can get the driver file
later. In that case, you can use the manual method instead of the automatic method we have just done
to navigate to where the file is stored. You shouldn’t have to worry about this though.
Once you have installed the driver, you may need to restart your PC.
If your network adapter isn’t working after restarting, try rolling back the driver update.
To do this, go back to the device manager and find your network adapter on the list
and then double click on it, go to the driver tab, choose rollback driver, and then follow the steps.
We’ll now move on to another way to update device drivers. You can do this method even if Windows
couldn’t find any driver updates. This method is to check on the website of the manufacturer.
This will be slightly different depending on your network adapter.
Go to the official website of your network adapter manufacturer, for example Realtek. You can use the
name of the network adapter in the device manager to see who manufacturers it. Alternatively,
you could search on google for the network adapter name and then drivers. Some brands will have a
drivers page but just make sure you are on the official website as I am not responsible if you
download something from a fake source. On the drivers site for the network adapter you have,
most should display or allow you to search for your model number or series. Search and find yours
and then find where it allows you to download the driver. Download the driver and once its finished
open the file, it should be a setup file and all you need to do is follow the steps to install it.
Once again, this method will vary depending on your network adapter.
If your network adapter stops working after installing the new drivers, you can roll back the
drivers by following the method I showed earlier. There is one other way to check for and install
driver updates. This is to download and install automatic driver update software. This software
will help with updates for all kinds of drivers on your PC automatically. I’ll leave a link to
a video in the description showing you how to install that software and get the latest drivers.
And so that is how to how to update your WiFi or network adapter drivers on a Windows 10 PC
or laptop. Click the card on screen now to watch a video of mine showing you ten easy ways you can
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