This has nothing to do with this specific manufacturer, tech products do reach an end of life after a period of years. Try going to Apple for an update on your 2007 iPhone, or even later models. You can’t get updates for Microsoft Windows XP or Vista anymore, and 7 support is about to end. Microsoft has an end of life for operating systems. Technology companies don’t have the resources to continue updating drivers for outdated hardware for decades. The chipset maker did not release updated drivers beyond Windows 7 because they discontinued the chip some years ago to focus resources on development of newer 802.11n and 802.11ac chips. The AWUS036H has been supported through Windows 98SE, 2000, ME, XP, Vista, and Windows 7. It is natural for tech products to be discontinued after a period of time. The 802.11g technology is much older and slow. The AWUS036H was released 12 years ago in 2007. Step 4: Run the Setup.exe program in full and restart the PC when done.Connect your AWUS036H to the PC and use as normal. This should bypass the compatibility error. Then click Apply and exit the Properties window. Click the Compatibility tab and under Compatibility mode choose 'Windows 7' and make sure the 'Run this program in compatibility mode' is checked. Right-click the Setup.exe program and select Properties. Step 3: Navigate to where you extracted the contents. Step 2: Open the downloaded zip file and extract the contents to a place on your computer you can find. So you need to run it in Windows 7 compatibility mode.

The installer package for Windows 7 does not work on Windows 8 or 10, it just says 'incompatible operating system' when you try and run it. The last driver made for this item was December of 2009 for Windows 7. We have better and faster options available for purchase such as the newer AWUS036ACH.īut if you already own an AWUS036H and find yourself wanting to use it on Windows 10, here is a quick way how to do it. Note that we do not advertise or promote the use of AWUS036H on Windows 10.

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