Usb serial cable driver windows vista

Thanks for your feedback. I am trying to install drivers for a USB to serial port cable on a HP Pavilion dv7 laptop Windows 7 -- I go through the download and when I plug in the cable the tool bar shows an install sequence but then an error message that install was unsuccessful.

I have tried all sorts of updates and Windows says it can't verify the signature of the device. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. Posted February 3, Download the files. If you have your cable attached go to the control panel. Select Hardware and Sound. Select Device Manager. Select Browse my computer for driver software.

Click next. At this point Vista should find the driver files for you. After this completes you are good to go! You should be done. If you have not attached your cable. Windows Vista Hardware. Sign in to vote. Sorry if posted in wrong place, don't know where this should go. I have this USB to serial cable, and I simply can't get it to work on my vista pc. Seems like such an easy plug, play, install and run device.

I installed the latest drivers off their website, then plugged in the usb to serial cable to my pc. Drivers seemed to install without any problem.

But then the IDE program I use wouldn't communicate with it properly. I borrowed a different brand usb-serial cable from a friend, it installed within 2 minutes and was working without any issues and connection worked just fine. So I then uninstall the drivers for my pc, and then unplug the original cable the one I own then after replugging in and rebooting, reinstallation occurred as expected and I am soon presented with the following screenshot:.

Does anybody know what is wrong? They are installed automatically. If they are not installed automatically, contact the device manufacturer. You do not need to write your own INF to reference the driver. Microsoft encourages you to use in-box drivers whenever possible. On mobile editions of Windows, such as Windows 10 Mobile, only drivers that are part of the operating system are loaded. Unlike desktop editions, it is not possible to load a driver through an external driver package.

With the new in-box INF, Usbser. In Windows 8. The directive is required for instantiating the service, copying inbox binaries, and registering a device interface GUID that applications require to find the device and talk to it. That INF specifies "Usbser" as a lower filter driver in a device stack.

The INF also needs to specify the device setup class as Modem to use mdmcpq. For more information, see How to use or reference the Usbser.