Driver for DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8049 - downloading and installing it

DisplayLink Display Adapter 8049 is a USB Display Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by DisplayLink Corp.. USB/VID_17e9&PID_8049 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8049 driver

1. Download the setup file for DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8049 driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.7.59503.0 released on 2014-12-18.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (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 setup wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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2. How to use DriverMax to install DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8049 driver

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. How 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 computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8049 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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