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As mentioned in another thread, it highly depends on which chipset the usb to serial adapter is designed with. There are several companies that makes usb serial adapters, the most commonly used chipsets are: FTDI Prolific WCH Silicon Labs Prolific is the cheapest but also the worst, the drivers/chipset are simply incompatible with many devices and operating systems, including 64-bit systems. The best chipset/drivers are the FTDI. These are very solid and compatible with most devices and almost all operating systems both 32 and 64-bit. These usb serial adapters are a bit more expensive but well worth the money.

I have been using a usb to serial adapter that appears to be easier to install that the above. All I did was to plug-in the adapter and point the Windows hardware installer to the folder with the drivers (Windows 7 32-bit) and the drivers are automatically installed. Drivers for 64-bit are also available for download.The adapter has a FTDI chipset which seems to be easier to deal with than other chipsets/drivers.

Thanks a lot for the info,..very helpful