<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Make sure you go into the driver details and make notes</div><div>about the version and date. That will keep your head from</div><div>spinning around should the driver for your counterfeit chip</div><div>become replaced. Another thing you can do is stop your</div><div>internet connection when installing these daily updates.</div><div>It will prevent Windopes 7 from trying to install the latest</div><div>WHQL drivers from the Microsoft repository. I'm not certain</div><div>but once you do that the driver installer may present your </div><div>with dialog stating 'no newer driver could be found, keep the</div><div>current driver?' I've seen so many of these kinds of dialog from</div><div>installers it's hard to keep them all memorized. </div><br><div>
<div><b style="color: rgb(0, 86, 214); "><i><font style="font-size: 14px; ">Sent from my 15.4" MacBook Pro, i7 quad core</font></i> </b></div>
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<br><div><div>On Feb 26, 2013, at 4:34 PM, Jim Unroe <<a href="mailto:rock.unroe@gmail.com">rock.unroe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">No. Do not update.<div><br></div><div>Unless your programming cable has a genuine Prolific usb-to-serial chip in it (most cheap cables have a counterfeit chip), the updated driver will detect the counterfeit chip and stop working. You must continue to use the older driver that does not perform this check.</div>
<div><br><div>Jim<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Bill Gabbard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wcgabbard1@windstream.net" target="_blank">wcgabbard1@windstream.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><strong><em><font size="4" face="Georgia">I've a Windows 7 PC that the Windows
Update notified me the below Update is available. Should I update
it?</font></em></strong></div>
<div><strong><em><font size="4" face="Georgia">Thanks,</font></em></strong></div>
<div><strong><em><font size="4" face="Georgia">Bill</font></em></strong></div>
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<div><strong><em><font size="4" face="Georgia">Prolific - Other hardware - Prolific
USB-to-Serial Comm Port</font></em></strong></div>
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<div><strong><em><font size="4" face="Georgia">Download size: 114
KB</font></em></strong></div>
<div> </div>
<div><strong><em><font size="4" face="Georgia">You may need to restart your computer
for this update to take effect.</font></em></strong></div>
<div> </div>
<div><strong><em><font size="4" face="Georgia">Update type:
Optional</font></em></strong></div>
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<div><strong><em><font size="4" face="Georgia">Prolific Other hardware software
update released in February, 2013</font></em></strong></div></div>
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