FTDI Driver problems with Windows 7 6. Also, uninstalling driversCOM entries. Hello Everyone,I have noticed something with the FTDI Drivers and Windows 7 6. Propeller Expo. I havent noticed this with other versions of Windows, however it may be a problem with newer drivers. So if you have had any issues with your Propeller not being detected when using the USB interface please read below. When installing the FTDI Driver, either via the included driver in the Propeller Tool or BASIC Stamp IDE, or when running the CDM Installer from FTDI you should see the following command DOS like box pop up during the driver installation. Arial Regular Font Windows 7 more. If you do not, then the drivers were not installed. CLICK FOR LARGER VIEWI have seen where the driver setup had to be run at least twice to get this to appear and most assume that if theyve run the driver and accepted the box asking for permission to make changes to the system that everything is good. That is not necessarily the case. If you did not see this box then download the latest driver from the ftdi website at the following link http www. DriversVCP. htm. In the row for Windows in the comments column are the words setup executable, which is a link to download the setup installer. This is the preferred method for installing this driver. When running the driver, if you do not see the command window above re run it. If after three tries you still have not seen it you may have another issue such as insufficient permissions, anti virus software or even malware preventing the install. If you need to clean a previous install of the FTDI driver from your system andor clear any COM Ports aded to the registry then you should obtain the CDM Uninstaller from the following link http www. Serial Port Mouse Driver' title='Serial Port Mouse Driver' />SupportUtilitiesCDMUninstallerv. Extract the contents of this ZIP file into a folder on your desktop or elsewhere and run the CDMuninstaller. Serial Port Devices devttyS2, etc. Serial Port Names ttyS4, etc. Common serial port names are devttyS0, devttyS1, etc. Then around the year 2000 came. GUI. exe file. You should see the following dialogue box which already has the FT2. R ProductVendor IDs in the box. Pinout of PC serial port RS232 DE9 and layout of 9 pin DSUB male connector and 10 pin IDC male connectorThis RS232C DE9 usually miscalled DB9 port is. Problem Since the release of Windows XP and NT, whenever Windows boots up, it searches for a serial mouse on any built in COM ports on your PC. The way that it does. Click the Add button to add this ProductVendor ID to the list of devices to remove. Optionally you can check the Generate log file checkbox for a record of what operations were performed and which COM Port entries were removed. Now press the Remove Devices button. Once completed you should restart your computer so that the OS can clean things up. You should then be ready to re install your drivers as listed above. I hope this helps. Sometimes driver installations dont go as planned and the reasons may not be anything we can diagnose andor help with. However this guide covers those we can help with. Starman Secret Files 3 on this page.