Windows Vista Drivers

Spartan-3 USB 2.0 Modules
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Hi,

I was wondering if there are any Windows Vista Drivers for the XEM3001v2? I understand the provided (in CD) XP drivers work with Windows Vista, but I would just like to know. And if they exist, are they digitally signed?

Thanks,
Larry Chen

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Larry–

The included drivers work just fine with Vista, but are not digitally signed.

I’m not sure what you mean by Vista Drivers if you know that they work with Vista.

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Hi,

I mentioned that it’s XP drivers because in the inf file it only mentioned XP/2000, so I thought there is an Vista version that provides better compatibility. And I suppose there is no plan to get the driver digitally signed in the future too?

Thanks,
Larry Chen

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Larry–

If you’re referring to the comment in the INF file that says “2000/XP”, then that’s just a comment we did not update. It doesn’t have any bearing on the Vista compatibility of the driver at all. As far as we’re aware (we use Vista here on a few machines), the driver works perfectly with Vista. Are you experiencing some problems?

Regarding the digital signature, you’re the first (as far as I know) to mention it, so there hasn’t been much demand to do so. I’ll mention this as a feature request. Is this something you or your customers require?

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If there are no compatibility issues with Vista machine, then it should be fine. For myself I have really only tested it on one machine so I was thinking if there is a Vista version then all the better.

As for the digitally signed issue, the reason I am asking is because I would like to use the FPGA in some sort of automation setup where the driver can be installed automatically. But since the driver is not digitally signed it would prompt a warning asking for confirmation of installation of unsigned drivers and that would make it harder to run automation.

Thanks,
Larry Chen