Unfortunately, that doesn't hold true for anything no longer "under support" from them, and even the "last known supported" driver version wouldn't like to be i

Unfortunately, that doesn't hold true for anything no longer "under support" from them, and even the "last known supported" driver version wouldn't like to be installed (the MSI errored due to some "blacklisting"), hence the need to buy the TP-Link in the first place. Intel has gone down the drain just as well, I used to recommend their wifi/bt chips a long time, but not any more.