[chirp_users] win 10

[Herb Gerhardt]

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 at intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces at 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 at 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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