The Broadcom BCM43142 is legacy hardware (circa 2015–2016). While sp78044.exe contains the latest Windows 10 drivers HP officially provides for this card, you may occasionally run into connectivity drops. If you experience dropouts:

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What is the Broadcom card showing in Device Manager?

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If you are struggling with Wi-Fi connectivity issues on an older HP laptop after upgrading to Windows 10, you might have come across . This specific HP driver package is essential for getting certain Broadcom wireless network adapters working properly.