Hi, Thank you for posting the question on the Microsoft Community Forums. It could be issue with the network adapter drivers or Security Software. From the description I understand that, you are facing an issue with Belkin Wireless (Wi- Fi) Network Adapter. It could be the drivers are not compatible for Windows 8 Operating System. I checked the Belkin F5D7050 USB Wireless Network Adapter is compatible with the Windows 8. Belkin website shows that t he drivers are not available for the for Windows 8 operating system.
I would suggest you to uninstall and reinstall the drivers in compatibility mode and check. To Uninstall and reinstall the network adapter driver: a) Press Windows Key + R, type devmgmt.msc. B) Expand the Network adapters, click on the drivers.
C) Click on properties, click on uninstall tab. Note: Download the latest drivers from the Manufacturer’s website and save it on to the Desktop. Refer to the link to download the drivers, F5D7050 Wireless G USB Network Adapter – Drivers Click on the link and follow the steps: “Make older programs compatible with this version of Windows” You can contact Belkin support and check when will be the latest version of drivers will be released for Windows 8.
This information should help you. If you need further assistance regarding Windows, please let us know we will be happy to help.
I have Windows 10 tech preview and a Belkin N300 USB wireless adapter. It seems that Windows 10 likes to turn the adapter on and off and on and off and just keeps this up. Then it will connect to my network and work fine for a while. Then it will do the on off thing again. I have turned the power save feature off so Windows 10 is not suppose to turn it off.
Problems with Belkin wireless adapter on. Belkin Wireless G USB network adapter which has been. Can still download the latest drivers.
Does anyone have a answer? Thanks Ok, I tried that and adapter would not stay on long enough for drivers to load until I installed driver from setup disc. So far it seems to be staying on. Thanks for the help. Hope it does keep working. Wifi adapter are strange birds.
I bet the driver installed now is is mostly likely same driver verison you had before. Just going thru the process of uninstall the old and replacing it will get it to work sometime. JMarco - ASUS K55-A laptop i7 3630QM proc, 16gb ram, intel HD 4000 video, 240 gb SSD, a/c 7260 wifi, W10 Home 3rd party sft-Chrome,iTunes, VLC 4.0 nightly, Adobe Reader DC, Speccy, Kindle,firefox beta.