Tom,

Earlier today I did delete the driver as you describe, but I did not know there 
were drivers on the Elecraft website. I’ll check it out tomorrow. 

Thanks for the suggestion.  

Mark
WU6R 

> On May 28, 2018, at 8:29 PM, Tom <tom...@videotron.ca> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> The first thing I would do at this point, is to go into the device manager 
> and select "Properties" for the driver.  Next select the "Driver" tab and 
> then click on "Uninstall Device" and  Make absolutely sure that you select 
> "Delete the driver software"
> 
> That will get rid of it.
> Next download the appropriate drivers from the Elecraft site or use the link 
> for it.  Unplug your USB cable to the radio, install  and only plug in the 
> cable when directed or the install is complete.
> Never do an "Update Driver".  In many cases Windows will substitute a 
> universal driver that may not do what you want.
> 
> Now with the latest Windows 10 update, some changes have been made to the 
> Privacy settings on your computer, specifically devices that act as 
> Microphones, one of which is probably the USB codec that Elecraft uses. Make 
> sure it is set to allow.
> 73 Tom
> va2fsq.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Mark Wheeler
> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2018 10:29 AM
> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
> Cc: Mark Wheeler
> Subject: [Elecraft] Windows 10 Update Breaks COM Port for K3 & P3 Utilities
> 
> With the latest Windows 10 update earlier this week, my K3S and P3 can no 
> longer communicate with my Windows 10 PC via the USB cables.  I’ve gone into 
> Device Manager and right clicked on the COM12 device drive and clicked 
> “update driver” and that updated from a 2016 driver to a 2017 CM port driver, 
> but neither connect the PC to my K3S or P3.  Any suggestions?  Thank you.
> 
> Mark
> WU6R
> (formally KM6HFR)
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