Still nothing. Device Manager now showed the adapter as "Tenda W322E" but with a different error: "This device cannot start. (Code 10)."
The Tenda’s LED now glowed steady blue. For months, the adapter worked perfectly — even through major Windows 10 updates (1809, 1903, 21H2). But every time a feature update installed, the driver would silently revert to the generic USB Wi-Fi driver, breaking connectivity again. Alex learned to keep a USB stick with the Ralink driver files nearby. tenda w322e driver windows 10
Then... nothing.