Figure 14: Manual selection of the driver file from a folder
Figure 15: USB driver installation
A new
”
Driver software installation” window will appear with standard red
”
unknown driver producer” Windows
system warning. Click to
”
Install the software anyway” option and the installation process will launch (*). After
the process is completed the system shows positive message
”
The driver was successfully installed” (or similar).
The device will move to the
”
Ports (COM & LPT)” section of the
”
Device Manager” window (see figure
right).
(*) If installing the driver into the Windows 8 or Windows 10 OS computer, it could be a security problem with
the installation because the driver doesn’t have a digital signature (
”
unsigned driver“). In this case follow the
instructions below.
3.4.1
How to disable driver signature enforcement in Windows 8 system
Enforcement of signed driver installation in Windows 8 can be disabled by following procedure:
•
by pressing the
”
W R” keys open the
”
Run” window;
•
write a restart command ”shutdown.exe /r /o /f /t 00” into the
”
Open” editable field;
•
choose
”
Troubleshoot” option in the
”
Choose an option” window that will pop-up;
•
choose
”
Advanced options” in opened
”
Troubleshoot” window;
•
choose
”
Windows Startup Settings” in opened
”
Advanced options” window and run
”
Restart”;
•
during the system restart process a window
”
Advanced Boot Options” appears, choose
”
Disable Driver Sig-
nature Enforcement” option in this window;
•
after launching the system install the driver according the above mentioned instructions.
Deactivation of the enforcement of signed driver function of the Windows 8 operating system is functional only
until the next restart of the system.
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