LXer: Windows Update drivers bricking USB serial chips beloved of hardware hackers

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10-23-2014, 02:01 AM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 128,367 Rep:	LXer: Windows Update drivers bricking USB serial chips beloved of hardware hackers Published at LXer: Hardware hackers building interactive gadgets based on the Arduino microcontrollers are finding that a recent driver update that Microsoft deployed over Windows Update has bricked some of their hardware, leaving it inaccessible to most software both on Windows and Linux. This came to us via hardware hacking site Hack A Day. Read More...

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