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All rights reserved. New Version 1. The Internet is full of web pages discussing this problem, and hardly anyone really seems to understand why it's happening. Even the companies selling these USB to Serial adapters and cables appear to be either dumbfounded or have selective amnesia.

After all, it's absolutely great for business. Unfortunately there are hundreds of legacy devices that can no longer be used on newer computers running Windows 7, 8, 8. There are many 'backyard' fixes out there, but none of them are done properly and if they work it's just a temporary 'Band-Aid' to the problem. It will come back to haunt you. What has happened is that there have been counterfeit 'Prolific' chips coming from China.

So, Prolific made a new chip and dropped all support for the old one thereby rendering the counterfeit chips unusable. Unfortunately, it renders hundreds of legacy devices using the earlier chip inoperative. Getting a working driver installed by the average user is almost impossible.

If one of these Prolific drivers gets installed to your Windows bit computer then your legacy device will no longer work and will issue the generic 'Code 10' error. Driver Versions:. Or, you may get no error at all, but your device will not work. If your adapter was working prior to going to Windows Update, you may be able to 'roll back' to the previous installed driver and all will be well for awhile.

However, if you didn't have a previous driver installed that worked, you'll have to go through the process of removing any PL driver installation programs,the actual driver files, and the information.

What aggravates the issue is that there are many 'Prolific Driver Removal Tools' that do not work properly as well! And Windows 8, 8. So, no matter how many times you remove the driver files and reboot, the next time you insert the USB-To-Serial adapter, Windows installs the newest non-working version again.

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I have come across an issue that I don't if anyone has come across and found a fix? Has anyone been across this and sorted it? Thanks, Cundy66 View best response. Labels: Labels: community. I have the same problem, and cannot find anything the solves it.

Eric Starker. Cundy66 Hello! That has worked thanks. This driver worked for me too. I'm in Windows 11 Browse the list below to find the driver that meets your needs. To see more matches, use our custom search engine to find the exact driver. It is a software utility that will find the right driver for you - automatically. DriverGuide maintains an extensive archive of Windows drivers available for free download. We employ a team from around the world.

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