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JayDoyle
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_ 		27. March 2009 @ 07:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi there,
I hope you can help me. I have a USB to serial converter cable that I am trying to use on my laptop which has Windows Vista on it. When I plug the cable in, Vista will recognise it and go off looking for a driver, which it never finds. I have downloaded 4 generic drivers and Vista still will not install any of them. If I go into device manager, the cable appears under other devices and just says that a driver has not been loaded. I have lots of different ways of installing drivers but to no avail.
Has anybody encountered the same problem? Any solutions or suggestions?
Kind Regards,
Jay.
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djscoop
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_ 		28. March 2009 @ 02:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
do you have a manufacturer or model number of the device? is it just a cable or is it an external device?
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JayDoyle
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_ 		28. March 2009 @ 05:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi there,
It's just a USB to serial converter cable with a null modem cable for doing software updates on my TV box. Its pretty much a generic cable. Nothing special about it.
Kind Regards,
Jay.
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ddp
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_ 		28. March 2009 @ 12:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
moved to correct forum as that information is here as i've seen it so start searching.
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_ 		28. March 2009 @ 15:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Any chance of you putting a link up of what you have bought?.
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djscoop
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_ 		29. March 2009 @ 00:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yes please post as much info about it as possible...even a picture if you can't find a manufacturer or model number
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JayDoyle
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_ 		29. March 2009 @ 07:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-to-RS232-Seria...A1%7C240%3A1318
Here is the link.
Thanks for your help.
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djscoop
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_ 		1. April 2009 @ 03:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Quote:
Requirements:

* Windows 98/2000/ME/XP. (Note: Win98 may require latest updates)
* Available USB port.
you say that you are running vista on your laptop. according to the above system requirements it doesn't list vista as a supported operating system. if you have access to another computer with XP, try it on that computer and see if it works.
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"I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive" - Albert Einstein

For the best quality mp3s use EAC (exact audio copy) to rip your audio CDs and LAME to encode them. Follow this guide:
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/mydeneaclame.cfm
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