DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8042 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

DisplayLink Display Adapter 8042 is a USB Display Adapters hardware device. The developer of this driver was DisplayLink Corp.. USB/VID_17e9&PID_8042 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8042 driver - how to install it manually

1. Download the driver setup file for DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8042 driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 6.2.37054.0 released on 2012-03-15.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
File size of the driver: 6436373 bytes (6.14 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.4 stars by 67213 users.
This driver will work for 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 8042 driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8042 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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