DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 42E8 how to download and install the driver

DisplayLink Display Adapter 42E8 is a USB Display Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by DisplayLink Corp.. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is USB/VID_17e9&PID_42E8&MI_00.

1. DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 42E8 - install the driver manually

1. Download the setup file for DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 42E8 driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 7.6.56275.0 released on 2014-07-09.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled 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 installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation 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 updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver was not digitally signed.

This driver received an average rating of 3.7 stars out of 38895 votes.

2. Installing the DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 42E8 driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Search the list until you find the DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 42E8 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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