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Preparation before Upgrading 1. Please download the upgrade package from TP-LINK’s official website, then unzip the upgrade package. The files will list as below. 2. Connect the device to your computer through a Micro USB cable. Once connected, Windows will try to install drivers for the device.
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The UpgradeClient appears. If the “Device status” shows “Device CONNECTED!”, you can skip this step and go on. Otherwise if you find “No device found!” shows, please press the “Re-Detect” button to re-detect the device status. After re-detecting, in case the “Device Status” still shows “No device found!”, please refer to Q&A2 to troubleshoot.
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The upgrading is complete successfully when the hint “Upgraded successfully” appears, you can click “Quit” to exit the tool then. Q&A Q1. How to skip the auto installation of drivers in Windows? Please refer to the guide for each Windows OS version.
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For Windows XP When you have connected the device to your computer, Windows will popup the “Finding new device wizard” dialog. Press the “Cancel” button to skip the driver auto installation wizard. For Windows Vista When you have connected the device to your computer, Windows will popup the “Finding new device wizard”...
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Press the “Cancel” button. After a while, the Notification window will pop out a notification like this. Click this to show the status. Status like this means that you have already skipped the drivers auto installation. For Windows 7 When you have connected the device to your computer, the Notification area will pop out a...
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notification. Click this to show the status. Then you can find Windows is searching drivers for the new device in the Windows Update. Click the “Skip obtaining driver software from Windows Update”. After a while, you can see this. It means that you have already skipped the drivers auto installation. For Windows 8 For Windows 8 you don’t need to do anything because Windows 8 won’t install drivers for the unknown device automatically.
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If there is a yellow exclamation mark in the port like this, please restart your computer. If there is no port called “TP-LINK HS-USB Diagnostics Interface” while there is a device like this, please make sure you have skipped the auto installation of drivers in Windows.
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After upgrading, please also follow this path and validate whether your firmware has been upgraded successfully.
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