windows 8 does not support Prolific usb to serial driver

Anonymous
2012-12-16T07:15:01+00:00

windows 8 does not support Prolific usb to serial driver

what is the solution ?

We want to use windows 8 but due to this driver problem, we are not buying windows 8

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Anonymous
2013-02-26T21:16:26+00:00

windows 8 does not support Prolific usb to serial driver

what is the solution ?

We want to use windows 8 but due to this driver problem, we are not buying windows 8

Figure out when the hardware device manufacturer will be providing you with drivers for the hardware you want to use under the OS you want to use.  If they are not - then there you go.

Wrong answer. These drivers worked flawlessly with Win7, and now they are broken in Win8. Probably some simple switch in the device driver layer, and perhaps it is, indeed, a bug actually in the driver that is now exposed in Win8...but in the meantime I am telling all my customers, who depend on their GPS's functioning, to downgrade to Win7. 

Regardless of where the bug actually is, it is a backwards compat issue that breaks the interfacing of many GPS;s to Windows.

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2012-12-16T07:22:51+00:00

windows 8 does not support Prolific usb to serial driver

what is the solution ?

We want to use windows 8 but due to this driver problem, we are not buying windows 8

Figure out when the hardware device manufacturer will be providing you with drivers for the hardware you want to use under the OS you want to use.  If they are not - then there you go.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-10-26T00:05:46+00:00

    windows 8 does not support Prolific usb to serial driver

    what is the solution ?

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-10-17T17:39:01+00:00

    As strange as it may look, you need an outdated driver to make it work. The only working version i've found is 3.3.2.102, which you can find on the links bellow:

    https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7FildjsrNkILWhYVHYwanJLS3c/edit?usp=sharing

    http://mir.cr/1R5ACC0L

    You need to force this driver version by going to device manager, choose update driver from right click into prolific adapter, the choose "browse my computer for driver software", then "let me pick...".  On the next window, it should show you different versions of the driver, and you need to choose ver 3.3.2.102 ok?

    This worked for me too. 

    I had to use a VM with win7 just to make my usb-serial work, but with this driver, no need for extra step. Thank you for sharing!

    This worked for me too. Thanks so much.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-10-04T21:00:23+00:00

    yes.. this driver works well for me. i used it for serial programming cable for walkie-talkie.. the other method and drivers only can connect to set but cant allow data upload or download between PC and walkie talkie.

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