I was recently had by Microsoft "upgrading" my laptop from Win7 Pro to Win10 Pro, 64 bit OS. I had no idea I gave permission to "upgrade" my computer but did intend to upgrade it before the free upgrade period expired, so now have a lot of learning to do with the new OS.
My Chirp program has always worked with my USB to Serial Cable which I purchased from HRO several years ago and cost $20+. Now since the upgrade to Win10, my Chirp program no longer recognizes my attached radios to this cable. I have both Baofeng UV-5R+ and Wouxun KG-UV6X radios and have programmed many such radios in the past. Now I am stuck. I know about the Prolific Driver issue when a non-genuine chip is installed in the cable, but as far as I know, mine has the authentic Prolific chip since it has always worked in the past with my Win7 OS.
Checking my driver properties, it states: This device cannot start. (Code 10) A device which does not exist was specified.
My present installed driver for this device is: Prolific Driver date: 9/4/2015 Driver Version: 3.6.81.357 and it states I have the latest driver installed when I try to update the driver.
Any help in getting this working again, is appreciated. Keep in mind that I am a computer user and very savvy on how to make it all work so telling me to roll back the driver, is not enough. I would need step by step instructions.
Thanks,
Herb, KB7UVC NW APRS Group, West Sound Coordinator Our WEB Site: http://blog.nwaprs.info/
-----Original Message----- From: chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Jim Unroe Sent: Friday, July 31, 2015 8:21 AM To: Kurt; Discussion of CHIRP Subject: Re: [chirp_users] win 10
Kurt,
The trick is to not remove the device driver that is automatically installed. I have several Prolific driver versions installed on my Windows 7 64-bit computer and I can (and do) switch between them at will. Jim KC9HI
On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Kurt ksaves2@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Ahhhhhhhh,
Only problem is keeping it there. The MS is setting up "autoupgrade" with little or no user control who knows how long it will be stable. Kurt KC9LDH
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