Not sure if my wireless card driver is updated or not

TheUltimate8

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I upgraded to Windows 8 Pro and supposedly I installed all the Windows 8 drivers I got from my laptop's manufacture website (Sony) but when I go to device manager in control panel my wireless card has the yellow exclamation mark and in the properties it says that no driver update is installed even though Intel's driver update utility says that my Intel Centrino wireless card is up to date. A few minutes ago Action Center said that I needed to update the driver for my wireless card (which later disappears after checking for a driver) but updating it in windows doesn't work but like I said before the Intel Driver update Utility says everything is up to date. For now my only issue as far as drivers are concerned is me being unsure if my wireless card driver is up to date because I'm seeing 2 different things between Windows 8 and Intel's utility. Any thoughts on what I should do or if there is even a problem?
 

My Computer

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  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro 64-bit & Fedora 18 64-bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Sony Vaio VPC-EG16FM
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-2410m
    Memory
    8GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD Graphics 3000
    Monitor(s) Displays
    14" built-in laptop display + 23" Asus HD PC monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1633x768 (built-in monitor) & 1920x1080 (Asus monitor)
    Hard Drives
    1TB Western Digital Scorpio Blue internal notebook HDD + external 1TB Western Digital My Passport Essential SE
    Keyboard
    Razer BlackWidow Ultimate 2013 Elite mechanical gaming keyboard
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless Gaming Mouse G700
hi, try using the win7 driver for the wireless device, and install it compatibility mode
By right-hand clicking on the installable file, choose "Properties"
Then selecting tab "compatibility" check the checkbox
[FONT=&amp]"Compatibility" select windows 7 "apply",then ok [/FONT]then install
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    win8.1.1 enterprise
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Hinze57
    CPU
    AMD FX 6100 6core 3.30gHz
    Motherboard
    gigibyte ga-78lmy-s2p
    Memory
    4gig ddr3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radon hd5000 Series
    Sound Card
    onboard realtek hd
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19" viewsonic/ 22"Samsung
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    128gig ssd Kingston
    80gig WD 10000 rpm spinner
    Case
    micro
    Keyboard
    microsoft curve 200
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless M215
    Internet Speed
    high speed 20
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    ie 11
    Antivirus
    windows defender
    Other Info
    updated enterprise apr 2/14
I upgraded to Windows 8 Pro and supposedly I installed all the Windows 8 drivers I got from my laptop's manufacture website (Sony) but when I go to device manager in control panel my wireless card has the yellow exclamation mark and in the properties it says that no driver update is installed even though Intel's driver update utility says that my Intel Centrino wireless card is up to date. A few minutes ago Action Center said that I needed to update the driver for my wireless card (which later disappears after checking for a driver) but updating it in windows doesn't work but like I said before the Intel Driver update Utility says everything is up to date. For now my only issue as far as drivers are concerned is me being unsure if my wireless card driver is up to date because I'm seeing 2 different things between Windows 8 and Intel's utility. Any thoughts on what I should do or if there is even a problem?

You might try checking the link below which shows Windows 8 WLAN drivers for your system at the bottom of the page.

http://sonyvaiodriver.com/sony-vaio-vpceg16fmp-windows-8-64-bit-drivers/
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro WMC
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home built
    CPU
    Q9650 @ 4.05 GHz
    Motherboard
    Gforce 780i SLI FTW
    Memory
    8GB Gskill DDR2 1200Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX-480
    Sound Card
    Asus D2 Xonar
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HannsG
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Gskill 120GB SSD
    PSU
    Thermal Take 1000watts
    Case
    Thermal Take Xtreme
    Cooling
    9 fans air cooled
    Keyboard
    G15 logitech
    Mouse
    G9 logitech
    Internet Speed
    50mbps
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