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Hi All, Just bought a USB to Serial converter cable for my XP pro laptop, installed the driver as per the CD supplied and plugged in the device. After a while the system appeared to have installed everything but then reported that a USB device had mulfuctioned and may not work properly. It didn't.

If I look in Device Manager the device does not appear as a Port as it should do but is seen under USB devices as an unknown device, clicking properties for this reveals "no drivers are installed" :confused: yet the install did complete.

I've tried downloading the latest driver from the Prolific web site and re-installing but still the result is the same. Any ideas???

 

Bob.:confused2: frustrated and needing my serial port desparately.

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You might want to uninstall the driver, restart and let Windows reload it.

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Are you using a USB hub??

try it just in the back of the Motherboard direct rather than the front ports on the case

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