Get TP Link Wireless Adapter working on windows 7 computer

Job ID: 33527435

Budget: $10 – $30 USD

Will pay $25 to SOLVE the problem. Anticipating that it will not take long for someone knowledgeable about networking. Have a Samsung 2525 ML wireless laser printer and am using windows 7. Want the computer to connect wirelessly to the printer. (Know that printer is working because it connects to a laptop. This is a famously difficult to set up printer that I don't want to mess with, so please no suggestions about starting with printer. Want greyed out portion of TP Link adapter changed to an active connection.)

Have an Asus RT AX55 router. Device Manager says the adapter is working but when I go to Open Network and sharing center the adapter is greyed out. (See pic attached). Previously, I had a different TP Link adapter that worked at first, but I did something with the computer or printer and I couldn't connect with it. Got a Tenda adapter and this different TP Link adapter hoping to solve problem by simply changing the adapter and all have exactly the same problem. I am hoping someone can solve it in a reasonable amount of time because I don't want to pay a large amount of money for this.