I would avoid vista like the plaque! Windows 7 is much more reliable. I am willing to bet your USB problems are because of vista.
73 Eugene W2HX -----Original Message----- From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Cash Olsen Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 3:18 PM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] USB problems and solutions - Some what Off Topic I have been plagued with hard crashes of the computer when plugging in and unplugging USB devices. I have generally determined that some of the USB to serial devices are the worst offenders. I am also suspicious of some of the hubs. I wander if even the operating system is partly to blame. I'm using Windows Vista, and have several different USB to serial adapters. Most are Silicon Labs and Prolific. I thought I had the problem resolved with Prolific by over-riding the driver and installing an earlier version but Windows may have updated the driver, that seems to be a common problem. I'm coming to time-nuts because I remember that at least one member had a very large number of adapters on one computer, so I'm hoping to find some help. I don't generally seem to have trouble with other USB devices, just the serial adapters. One further issue, the COM ports are marked in use from 3 to 50+ and I'm only using at any one time 3 or 4. Can I clean up the assignments and can I make the assignments static after connect and reconnect or restarting the computer? -- S. Cash Olsen KD5SSJ ARRL Technical Specialist _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
