Vista driver for usb/rs232 adapter

My Toshiba laptop comes WITH Windows Vista, but WITHOUT an rs232
serial port.

It does have usb ports and there are adapters that can convert usb to
rs232. However, these adapters are NOT compatible with Windows
Vista, only earlier versions of Windows.

Question, therefore, are there available from Microsoft or other
sources, driver software, that would enable conversion from USB port
to rs232 ports.

All replies, info, opinions, etc. welcomed! Aaron

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:09:20 -0700 (PDT), ""
<> wrote:

>My Toshiba laptop comes WITH Windows Vista, but WITHOUT an rs232
>serial port.
>
>It does have usb ports and there are adapters that can convert usb to
>rs232. However, these adapters are NOT compatible with Windows
>Vista, only earlier versions of Windows.
>
>Question, therefore, are there available from Microsoft or other
>sources, driver software, that would enable conversion from USB port
>to rs232 ports.
>
>All replies, info, opinions, etc. welcomed! Aaron

You answered your question in the second paragraph/sentence.

<> wrote in message
news:8f2e0c49-4678-42e0-bd2d-...
> My Toshiba laptop comes WITH Windows Vista, but WITHOUT an rs232
> serial port.
>
> It does have usb ports and there are adapters that can convert usb to
> rs232. However, these adapters are NOT compatible with Windows
> Vista, only earlier versions of Windows.
>
> Question, therefore, are there available from Microsoft or other
> sources, driver software, that would enable conversion from USB port
> to rs232 ports.
>
> All replies, info, opinions, etc. welcomed! Aaron

IOGEAR has one for $30 US that's compatible with Vista. Its XP
drivers work with Vista. For most hardware, 32 bit XP drivers work
with 32 bit Vista, or are XP/Vista drivers.

"Ian D" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> <> wrote in message
> news:8f2e0c49-4678-42e0-bd2d-...
> > My Toshiba laptop comes WITH Windows Vista, but WITHOUT an rs232
> > serial port.
> >
> > It does have usb ports and there are adapters that can convert usb to
> > rs232. However, these adapters are NOT compatible with Windows
> > Vista, only earlier versions of Windows.
> >
> > Question, therefore, are there available from Microsoft or other
> > sources, driver software, that would enable conversion from USB port
> > to rs232 ports.
> >
> > All replies, info, opinions, etc. welcomed! Aaron
>
> IOGEAR has one for $30 US that's compatible with Vista. Its XP
> drivers work with Vista. For most hardware, 32 bit XP drivers work
> with 32 bit Vista, or are XP/Vista drivers.

A-yup. this one:

http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/S...productID=2066

Confirmed to work with W2K, XP, and Vista. Used it
on all 3 OS's with no problems.

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