I think Windows 10 was released in a haphazard way by Microsoft even when there were so many bugs yet to be removed after getting feedback for technical preview version. I had no issue on my licensed Windows 7 Home and before upgrading to Windows 10. I carried out compatibility test with my already installed apps and drivers. And at that stage it gave me 1 incompatibility issue with an app. And once I upgraded to windows 10 my IDT sound driver, Alfa AWUS036H and so many other apps were corrupted / defunct. Windows 10 is an immature OS with a lot of backward compatibility issues. The installation of older apps in compatibility mode is seemed to be an eyewash. Only 1% apps successfully get installed in that mode. It's my biggest mistake that I trusted this OS and ruined my stable Windows 7 OS. I have more than 1500 Apps installed on my PC and startup shows only a few. Some services start up during boot and remains closed in next boot. I had a loss of huge amount of money coz of cancelling my contract with my client as a freelancer coz I ruined up my needed apps after upgrading it to windows 10. Sometimes system hangs up without any warning. Event viewer shows usb driver issue. Watch Dog blue screen of death. Stub error during Access Control. All **** is going on.
Alfa AWUS036H is the latest USB WiFi Adapter feature manufactured by the factory. The advantages of this product are very superior to the previous product. You are still confused to know that you have never used this product, please try not to wait for it later.
You can use AWUS036H by simply pointing to the win64 or win86 folder to update driver but now u cannot use your awus036h to control its power or as an AP.
But it hardly matters to Microsoft coz they are not having pain for you.
May be Mr Bill Gates being a Software Engineer get some time to develop empathy and feel some pain for us in which we engineers are entangled after getting this buggy OS installed in our machines.
I just did a fresh install of windows 10, and had an awful time getting my usb adaptor (ALFA AWUS036NHA with the Atheros AR9271 Chipset) to work on it.
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This is how it was finally done (uninstall alfa drivers with rebooting before trying):
Open your 'AWUS036NHA' folder (available as a RAR file at: 'www.alfa.com.tw/download.php', and that file can be uncompressed with 7zip which is available at: 'www.7-zip.org').
Right Click: 'SETUP' application file.
scroll down, and Left Click on: 'PROPERTIES' button.
Left Click on the 'COMPATIBILITY' tab.
Left Click to place a checkmark on 'RUN THIS PROGRAM IN COMPATIBILITY MODE FOR' select 'Windows 7' in the drop down menu.
Left Click to place a checkmark on 'RUN THIS PROGRAM AS AN ADMINISTRATOR'.
optional: Left Click on 'Change settings for all users' repeat steps 5, and 6 within it's menu.
7. Left Click the 'Apply' button.
8. Return to the 'AWUS036NHA' folder.
9. Left Click on 'Setup', and the installer will run 'as an administrator' with 'Windows 7 Compatibility Mode' .
Let the installer do it's thing then let it reboot, and after booting back into windows 10 you should be able to see your wifi icon.
I really hope this helps someone, because this driver has been a huge time wasting pita for me.
TLDR; How to install ALFA AWUS036NHA with the Atheros AR9271 Chipset on Windows 10;
open folder: AWUS036NHA> right click: Setup> left click: Properties> left click: Compatibility> √ Windows 7 Compatibility Mode √ Run Program As Administrator left click: Apply> left click: OK.
open folder: AWUS036NHA> left click: Setup> Reboot
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Forgive me if this is common knowledge, but I couldn't find anything that worked.