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Review on Enhance Internet Speed with TP-Link AC1200 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter (Archer T4U V1) by Curtis Donjuan

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Love it or hate it

I bought this USB adapter along with an Archer C7 dual band router to upgrade my home wireless network. After a week of frustration I'm ready to return it. I believe this adapter is one of those devices that you will love if it works on your system. Initially I had no problems installing it and the speeds combined with the C7 router were the best I've experienced. I had a day and night of speed demon surfing. The disaster struck the next morning when I turned my system back on and Windows 7 wouldn't start. I ended up having to restore my computer to a previous restore point. Not sure if last night's Windows updates or the adapter installation messed up Windows startup, I reinstalled the adapter. When I restarted my system, it turned out that it was the adapter that was messing up Windows 7 startup. I used my old D-Link adapter to get the latest drivers for the AC1200 and tried again. Again Windows did not start. Someone in these reviews suggested MediaTek drivers. They didn't work. For a week I tried different suggestions for hours and every time I restored my system because Windows wouldn't start. I called TP-LINK support first, although I know the techs on these numbers rarely help. After 20 minutes being number 1 in line I finally got in touch with a very nice and polite girl from China who of course had no idea what could be going on. Even more so how to fix it (if possible). She asked me to email tech support so my issue could be escalated. That's exactly what I did. That was a week ago and I still haven't heard from them. Tonight I've tried other suggestions I found online as well as the ones my son gave me (on IT tech support) and I've spent the last three hours plugging this adapter every time I try install, going through the same frustrating process of restoring my system. I'm done. I had it with this product and they are coming back to Revain. There are many positive reviews for this USB adapter, so like I said, if it works on your system, you'll love it. However, this failed miserably on my system. It was a week ago and I still haven't heard from them. Tonight I've tried other suggestions I found online as well as the ones my son gave me (on IT tech support) and I've spent the last three hours plugging this adapter every time I try install, going through the same frustrating process of restoring my system. I'm done. I had it with this product and they are coming back to Revain. There are many positive reviews for this USB adapter, so like I said, if it works on your system, you'll love it. However, this failed miserably on my system. That was a week ago and I still haven't heard from them. Tonight I tried other suggestions I found on the internet as well as the ones my son gave me (on IT tech support) and spent the last three hours trying to connect this adapter every time install, I went through the same frustrating process of restoring my system. I'm done. I had it with this product and they are coming back to Revain. There are many positive reviews for this USB adapter, so like I said, if it works on your system, you'll love it. However, this failed miserably on my system. and have spent the last three hours going through the same frustrating process of restoring my system every time I tried to install this adapter. I'm done. I had it with this product and they are coming back to Revain. There are many positive reviews for this USB adapter, so like I said, if it works on your system, you'll love it. However, this failed miserably on my system. and spent the last three hours Every time I tried to install this adapter I went through the same frustrating process of restoring my system. I'm done. I had it with this product and they are coming back to Revain. There are many positive reviews for this USB adapter, so like I said, if it works on your system, you'll love it. However, this failed miserably on my system.

Pros
  • Great for online gaming and HD video streaming
Cons
  • Doubt