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It's OK if you cry (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[+] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

To get it to work in Windows I literally had to go to a website that was only Chinese, download a zip file, and extract a dll that would then work when pointed to.

It's called manual driver install in Windows... pretty common with older hardware.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most of those just go over Windows Update now or work with a generic driver that comes with Windows. Only really obscure drivers need manual installation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Agreed. Most drivers are found through Windows update.

I guess I just have old hardware 🤷. My latest hardware is 9 years old... well, apart from my phone 😂.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I had a similar experience trying to install a m.2 drive in my win7 PC. It needed a hotfix to work but Microsoft had taken down the downloads so I ended up finding out it was in an update pack from I think Lenovo's website and pulled it out of that.