Need some recommendations from fellow Network Engineers who have already dealt with this. Our org recently updated to Windows 11 and it killed our ability to use our USB to Serial adapters because of Windows core isolation/memory integrity settings. Our domain admins have given up trying to disable memory integrity for us so now it's on me to figure out a viable alternative for our console connections, and I really don't feel like rolling the dice on random purchases.

Anyone have a recommendation for a USB-to-Serial adapter that will work when Windows 11 Core Isolation security settings are all turned on? It really needs to be a legit serial connection on the adapter too because most of our network infrastructure doesn't have native USB console ports and also we are doing Serial over Ethernet in a few places and those require native serial on both sides.

Thanks in advance :)

Hello everyone. I'm trying to access a router cli by connecting it to my personal laptop, and it's running windows 11. I downloaded and installed the necessary driver which apparently supports the latest version of win11, but when i connect the port and enter device manager it tells me the driver doesn't support win11. I tried downloading from other websites and uninstalled/reinstalled the driver but to no avail. I'm working in a lab with a couple others and all their devices accessed the router without much issues, theyre all running win10 or earlier so the issue is almost certainly inherit to win11.

If anyone is familiar with this problem and has a solution it would be much appreciated.

As the title says, we have a few old but very good serial scales in production and we seem to encounter this problem.

Thank you

I recently got the new MacBook Pro with M1 Pro chip and installed the Windows 11 ARM on the latest parallels. I can use every hardware of my Mac and everything i plug into the laptop except for the USB Serial adapter. I tried different adapters with different chips like Prolific and FTDI, and none seem to work.

I don't think is a cable adapter issue, is more something of the OS. It doesn't event let me install the driver manually or doesn't seem to try to install it. Once plugged it, quickly shows the USB Serial Converter with exclamation point.

Anyone have the same issue?Here is how my Device Manage looks:

This is probably a really simple question, but it's been giving me fits since Windows 11 was first introduced. None of the various USB->Serial adapters I've bought over the years are supported by Windows 11. The driver literally as a description of "THIS DEVICE IS NOT SUPPORTED BY WINDOWS 11". I had an older laptop sitting on top of my rack that I thought was immune from Windows 11, but apparently at some point in the last few months it caught the infection and now I have no more precious portable Windows 10-powered console access. Can anyone recommend a specific product that is supported by Windows 11 that will let me get into my Sonicwalls (with one DB9->RJ45 cable) and Dell switches & storage (which requires a completely different pinout DB9->RJ45 cable, damnit) without making me chase all around the goddamned internet for a third party unsupported undocumented driver that may or may not make my computer eat itself?

Recently installed Windows 11 on one of my laptops and my programming cable stopped working after a security update (which was odd because it worked fine with Win11 for a while at first).

Device manager said the Prolific 2303 (2303TA in my case) wasn't supported by Windows 11 at all, but I found a workaround:

• Download and install the appropriate driver package from https://oemdrivers.com/usb-prolific-usb-to-serial-driver

• After installing, go to the Device Manager and find the device listed under Ports (COM & LPT).

• Right click on the Prolific item in the list and click on Properties.

• Click on Update Driver.

• Click on Browse my computer for drivers.

• Click on Let me pick from a list of available drivers.

• You should see a list with several Prolific driver options. I chose driver version 3.8.25.0 (7/12/2018) and the cable resumed working as expected.

Hopefully the helps someone else in the future!

I am setting up PyMakr 2 in VS Code on Windows 11 to work with a Esp32 dev board

I installed this USB to Serial driver : https://www.silabs.com/developers/usb-to-uart-bridge-vcp-drivers?tab=downloads

But I have trouble connecting - is busy.

Hello, I am new here and didn't know if my question describes issues/problem/question clear as possible, Please let me know if anything additional needed.

I will post with Hardware flair since I thought so.

My USB-C DAC (It is called "KZ Acoustics M2". <- if this helps...) is not working on my Laptop (Windows 11 Pro), and I want to get some helps.

Since I have confirmed my DAC is working on my other laptop (Windows11) and my iPhone 16, I believe this is hardware or software issues of my Laptop.

I will describe all information I have, please let me know if you have encountered with similar issues.

1. According to Device Manager, it correctly treating DAC as Audio Device and correctly display it's name. But it's properties say "Disconnected."

2. According to USB-Deview, the DAC keep repeating connected/disconnected.

3. My Taskbar's sound icon flashing and seems keep trying to use DAC, but immediate switching back to Laptop's speaker for DAC disconnecting.

4. I have USB-C to USB-A, USB-C, MicroSD, SD, HDMI convert Adapter, I connected it to my Laptop's USB-C port, and connect my DAC to Adapter's USB-C port, the DAC recognized and worked on my Laptop.

5. Since I cannot reproduce this, but "smashing" the USB related driver (inside Universal Serial Bus Controller) make connected DAC working for temporary. But it is killed Bluetooth, other USB ports unworking and stop working after reboot. (SINCE this is done before I upgrade to Windows 11, so I cannot be sure.)

I have no idea, what's going on.
I believe "Selective Suspend" and "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power." are both Disabled.

Thanks for help!

p.s: Version 10.0.26200.8037 is my Laptop (with issues)'s Windows Version. It just upgraded from Windows 10 Pro and done update several times, should be latest?

p.s: not Adapter, it's Hub. Sorry for confusion.