Driver for DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 42AF - downloading and installing it

DisplayLink Display Adapter 42AF is a USB Display Adapters device. This Windows 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_42AF&MI_00.

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

1. Download the driver setup file for DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 42AF driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 5.0.17480.0 released on 2009-03-16.
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3. Start 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 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 computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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DisplayLink Corp. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Download size of the driver: 279592 bytes (273.04 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.3 stars out of 91099 votes.
This driver is compatible with 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. How to install DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 42AF driver using DriverMax

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 easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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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 42AF driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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