DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 42AD - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

DisplayLink Display Adapter 42AD is a USB Display Adapters device. The developer of this driver was DisplayLink Corp.. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_17e9&PID_42AD&MI_00.

1. How to manually install DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 42AD driver

1. Download the driver setup file for DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 42AD driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 5.0.17480.0 released on 2009-03-16.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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DisplayLink Corp. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Driver file size: 279592 bytes (273.04 KB)
Driver rating 4.3 stars out of 91042 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 42AD driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 42AD driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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