Electrical – Windows 10 updates drivers for FTDI

ftdiserialusbwindows

I have one question about the following products:
foca-v2-2-ft232rl-tiny-breakout-usb-to-serial-uart
sparkfun-ftdi-basic-breakout-3-3v

I bought them last year and after time without using them I tried theses days. They seemed to be broken somehow so I researched and found this link:
ftdi-drivers-break-fake-chips-again

This is the problem I face. My FTDI breakouts are now completely worthless because of a windows update.

Any idea how to make them work?

I am using Windows 10, so disabling the windows updates is not a "valid" option. It can only be done by sh****-tricky registry modifications for the network.

Best Answer

If you are getting error 10 then there is plenty of solutions out there in the wild of the internets. The solution I have used with success is to uninstall the driver and then manually install older version which supports your system. Somehow windows doesn't update the driver I downloaded.