I bought this product. But, I cannot find driver for Windows 8 or 8.1. Does anyone know whether this monitor will work with Windows 8?
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So sorry, we have Windows 7. You might go to the Viewsonic website and download the latest driver. My husband now has six of these monitors, shared between three machines, and they are working just great.
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Because it did not work with windows 8. You will have to ask the manufacturer why it does not work.
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I don't have Windows 8, but according to the Visiontek.com website, they show a Windows 8 driver for this video card. Go to their web site (www.visiontek.com), select products, then under Productivity cards, select VHDCI, then on the left side you'll see a link under "Latest Video Drivers" for the Windows 8 driver. The direct link to this page is here: http://www.visiontek.com/products/productivity-cards/vhdci.html
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The monitor uses the eGalaxTouch software to allow the PC to communicate with the touchscreen. A CD with the software was missing so I had to download and use eGalaxTouch driver software. Anyway, there is a chance newer software or software updates will need to be developed to work with Windows 8.
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I recently connected it to my work laptop running 8.1, without the USB driver "fix" I had to do previously. It basically seems to work, although only with 2 of my 4 monitors. Maybe if you just need to hook up 2 monitors, you'll be fine...
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I tried using it in windows 8 about 6 months ago. The driver for windows 8 will not install unless the driver for Windows 7 is already there. The catch is, the Windows 7 driver will not install on Windows 8, it just reports "wrong operating system" and quits. That was six months ago, so there may be a fix for it. Most people I know who were fooled into buying this piece of junk just use the XLR. I use mine as a door stop.
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I'm currently using it with windows 8 x64. It does require some tweaking no matter which OS you use. (Follow the guide found in the comments for the item) 5 min of driver tweaking and it works perfectly!
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It does NOT work for me. I have 8.1 windows. I don't know how anyone else has gotten it to work
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Hi, yes you can download the driver for Windows 8 on our support page: http://bearextender.com/supportRegards,JeffBearExtenderUS Engineering george@bearextender.comhttp://www.bearextender.com/support1-800-348-5146
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I am running 8.1 as well with this as my primary monitor in combination to a second monitor as well and i have no problems, i have used this monitor on windows 7,8,8.1 without problem. Most likely it is your cable or the input on the monitor or computer if u are trying to use DV-I (Also make sure you are using the exact right DV-I Cable, alot of people do not realize there are different types that are not universal but look and are labeled similarly.) EDIT: Make sure you have all possible HD and Factory drivers for whatever type of video card you are using, if for some reason you do not have a properly installed video card with proper drivers this will cause this to happen as well. The VGA port on the computer is integrated into the motherboard and has onboard drivers and will always work unless the port itself is bad or the motherboard has damage or bad firmware/bios information.
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No. It doesn't work at all. Doesn't ship with a driver, windows 7 and 8 cannot find a driver, and i couldn't find one on google that would work. It's nothing but a paperweight.
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I'm using it with Windows 8.1. It'll work but it will tell you it needs to download some software i.e. drivers from Microsoft first.
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Mine works perfectly with Windows 8. I have had no problems on any version of Windows.
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In my experience, the driver for this adapter is flaky. This adapter has a broadcom chip and broadcom does not seem to be addressing issues. It took them a long time to get a non beta driver out for Windows 8.1, which still seems to have issues in my experience. I am currently using a Asus adapter that has a ralink chip and it just works. It is n only though.
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I am using it with Windows 8.1 on a Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro with two external monitors. Once in a while, the monitors are not recognized when I plug in the USB cable. Unplugging and replugging brings them online without fail.
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Yes it works with Windows 8.1 after I received the right cable. I received the wrong cable from them on the first shipment.
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Yes, they work great with windows 8.1. Updated drivers are available at:http://www.displaylink.com/downloads/downloads.phpI use two of these with my Toshiba Notebook with a powered 3.0 hub. Running windows 8.1 there is also a new updated driver for windows 10.Displaylink is who makes the software drivers for the chipset used in these usb monitors. The same chipset may be sold under different manufactures. The cd included with the monitors work fine with Windows 7.