Lenovo A540 802.11n WLAN adapter won't install

Hi All I have a Lenovo A540 which has had Windows 7 Pro installed, all is OK except the Wireless adapter, Device manager shows it's not installed but whenever I run the driver install h101046 downloaded from Lenovo it errors.  I get a message with "Realtek has stopped working" details are below, anyone know of another driver or why the driver won't install. Problem signature:Problem Event Name: BEXApplication Name: ScanAdapter.exeApplication Version: 1.0.0.4Application Timestamp: 5109d217Fault Module Name: ScanAdapter.exeFault Module Version: 1.0.0.4Fault Module Timestamp: 5109d217Exception Offset: 0001fb56Exception Code: c0000417Exception Data: 00000000OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48Locale ID: 2057  

hi Ace_Rimmer
Just to check, have you tried re-downloading the driver and installing it again?
If that doesn't work, can you try these steps:
1. Download this A540 Wireless Driver - Win7 x64.zip and extract it on the desktop. When done, run the setup.exe inside and observe.
2. If same problem, open Device Manager > Other Devices > Network Controller (right click) then choose: Update driver software > Browse my computer for driver software and point it to the A540 Wireless Driver folder on the desktop then hit ok to manually install the driver.
Let me know how it goes.
Regards

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