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

DisplayLink Display Adapter 42AE is a USB Display Adapters hardware device. The developer of this driver was DisplayLink Corp.. USB/VID_17e9&PID_42AE&MI_00 is the matching hardware id of this device.

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

1. Download the driver setup file for DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 42AE driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 6.1.36484.0 released on 2012-02-08.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Size of this driver: 6000767 bytes (5.72 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.3 stars by 95848 users.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

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

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and 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 42AE driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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