Driver for Hauppauge WinTV MiniCard - downloading and installing it

WinTV MiniCard is a MEDIA hardware device. The developer of this driver was Hauppauge. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_2040&PID_b500; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Hauppauge WinTV MiniCard driver - how to install it manually

1. Download the setup file for Hauppauge WinTV MiniCard driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 4.2.32.30144 dated 2012-05-23.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is started 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 pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Hauppauge applied a digital signature to this driver.
Driver file size: 593515 bytes (579.60 KB)
Driver rating 4.9 stars out of 54270 votes.
This driver was released 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. Installing the Hauppauge WinTV MiniCard driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important 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, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Hauppauge WinTV MiniCard driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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