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"Running Pre-N with Vista. I did it!"
Just Got the Pre-N Card and Router. It works great with all my XP computers but I have removable hard drives. One with XP and One with Vista. Called Belkin and they told me they could not help it was not compatible and that is all there is to it. When I put the intall disk in
with Vista it would not run at all. So I hit start and went to my computer and saw the Belkin set up disk in the CD-Rom drive. I right clicked on the set up disk and hit open and saw the set up Icon and then I right clicked on it and opened properties and then opened compatibility menue and ran it in XP compataiblity mode and hit apply and then downloaded the driver and it works perfect. Pre-N works great and now that I have it running on Vista I am elated. I hope this help someone out there with the same problem.

"It even works for me in Vista!!"
It isn't supposed to work with Vista - but it does for me. I've got 5 bars and the internet's quick. I've looked online to find out how to get this to work on Vista but I couldn't find anything. I was about to install XP - but decided to try. I'm writing this from my desktop that is connected to the internet through the Belkin Pre-N card (F5D8000). This is what I did in case you want to try:

1. Run setup.exe on CD
2. Shutdown and install card
3. Startup and leave the CD in the drive
4. Vista tries to auto-install the drivers. Vista then tells you to put your CD in with the drivers. Press Ok.
5. The belkin utility won't open - but go to Network/Sharing center > Manage Wireless Networks > Add > Add a Network that is in the range of this Computer.

I don't know if this will work for everyone else - but it worked for me. If you have any questions let me know!

"Still no Vista support?"
I can not believe that almost a year later and still no Vista support. On their support site it still just says Coming Soon! What a joke and a waste of time and money.

I have the Pre-N router and am happy with that, and had hoped to get the maximum performance out of it by using the network card made to use with the router. Boy, am I dissapointed.

"Fed up with Bait and Switch"
Even though this network card works amazingly well when everything is configured properly and it's a great bargain, Belkin is doing everything within its power to make you buy the N card and router instead. The day the Belkin N router was introduced at my local Staples and Bestbuy stores last year, the Pre-N cards and router mysteriously disappeared from the shelves and no one could explain why. Now Vista has been out for months, yet Belkin is still unable/unwilling to deliver Vista compatible drivers for most of the older Pre-N cards. All you get is a "coming soon" note on their web site with the implied message that they hope you run out of patience with your old, useless Pre-N network card and upgrade to N.

"Not Vista Compatible"
I was disappointed to learn this card won't work with Windows Vista. I bought the router + card together in hopes of getting broader coverage even though it isn't fully standards-compliant ("Pre-N"). I contacted support about the issue and they sent me instructions that didn't work out. Might be a good product for WindowsXP, but for my purposes I rate it 1 star.