The opensource Arduino Software IDE makes it easy to write code and upload it to the board. It runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. The environment is written in. Arduino Software IDE Installation for Windows. Drivers directory of the Arduino software. Arduino UNO or Arduino Mega 2560 with Windows 7, Vista. Installing drivers for the Nano with Windows7, Vista. When asked Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software. Arduino. Arduino. Guide Windows. with an Arduino board before. On Windows Vista. Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software. Download the latest drivers for your Arduino Leonardo. Arduino Leonardo Drivers. Windows 10, Windows 8. Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP Download. Windows_Step1.png' alt='Windows Remote Arduino' title='Windows Remote Arduino' />Arduino Playground Uno. Win. 2kArticle still under construction. Before I purchased an Arduino Uno board, I first downloaded the software and made sure that it would run under Windows 2. Im using on my machine, knowing that a lot of software developers just dont seem to grasp the concept of backwards compatibility. The Arduino integrated development environment seemed to run with no problems under Win. However, once I had my Uno in hand, I found out I couldnt get it to take an upload. With a little research I found out that theres a problem with the Windows 2. USB port to be treated like a virtual serial COM port. The result is that the USB port does something that the ATmega. This web page contains thorough information on how to remove Arduino for Windows. Arduino. Windows 8 6. Windows Vista. 4. Khttp hIDSERP,5393. Intro to Programming HexBrightIntro to Programming. USB Drivers Arduino Software Arduino boards file. Windows Mac OS X Linux Connecting and. Windows Server, Windows Vista, Windows 7. U2 chip that acts as an Uno boards serial input controller doesnt like, and it wont accept an uploaded sketch. You end up getting weird, cryptic error messages like, avrdude stk. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr. I decided that there had to be a way to get an Uno to take a program from a Win. I set out to find it. In fact, there are a number of possible options to deal with this problem. Ive seen several methods alluded to on the internet, but none were actually described in detail and I had to experiment for myself. To date, Ive found two methods that did the job for me, and I describe them below along with several other possible options that Ive not yet tried. Option 1 Upgrade to XPOkay, lets get this out of the way first. The first idea that probably comes to mind for many is to upgrade to Windows XP or later. Free Windows Vista SoftwarePresumably, if this were practical for you, youd have done it by now and wouldnt be reading this article. Perhaps youre under budget constraints and cant afford new hardware able to run more recent versions of Windows or, like me, are a stubborn creature of habit and refuse to unnecessarily upgrade to a newer operating system simply because Bill Gates wants more money from us. This issue is the only one Ive ever found where Win. K wont do what I need, so why should I have to upgrade If anybody out there wants me to use their programs, they should make sure theyre backwards compatible with the OS Im using, in my not so humble opinion. And now that Ive found out how to make Win. K do what I need in this issue, I still dont have a reason to upgrade. Linux. Option 2 Updating the Windows 2. Driver by itself. This is the one trick that Ive used that seems to work with every combination of board and chip Ive tried so far. Unfortunately, it requires some tinkering with your computers system files. If youre not intimidated by Windows Touch me there again and I shall scream attitude, read on. Hypothetically, Id think there ought to be a way to tell Windows to use a different driver rather than upgrading its default USB driver. Ive tried editing the Arduino. Windows either insists on using the same faulty driver that came with it, or it stomps off in a snit and refuses to install a driver at all. Maybe some Windows expert who may read this article can explain to us why this happens and how to force Windows to use an alternate driver. About the only other way, then, is to update the Windows 2. USB driver in question itself. This is harder than it sounds, but it CAN be done. The big obstacle is that Windows uses an active protection scheme that continually monitors critical system files like drivers and DLLs for unauthorized changes. Meaning, any change that Windows itself doesnt make. If it detects a change, it copies the original file from a backup copy or, failing that, from an obscure archive. This is valuable protection against your system getting accidentally corrupted or attacked by malicious software, but its a damned nuisance if you actually do need to update a file on your own. The trick is to find that resident archive and hide it from Windows so that it has no choice but to use the new file. Heres how to do it. Step 1. Just for good measure, you might want to first uninstall whatever driver youve been using. I suspect that this isnt necessary, but it cant hurt to cover all your bases. Plug your Uno into the USB port, open up the Windows Settings command, doubleclick on System, click on the Hardware tab, then click on the Device Manager button. Once youve got the driver tree listed, click on the in front of Ports COM LPT. In the expanded branch, you should see an entry for your Arduino board if youve tried using it previously. Your Arduino must be plugged in or this line wont be displayed even if a driver is installed. Right click on it, pick Uninstall from the menu, then confirm that you really do want to remove the Arduino driver. When youre done, unplug your Arduino. Step 2. Next, youll need get a new driver. The driver file in question is named usbser. WINNTsystem. 32driversusbser. On my multi boot computer, the Windows system directory is called WINNT., but it may be called WINDOWS. Make the appropriate modifications to the path names I give below. With my Win. KSP4 installation, Ive got version 5. You can easily find the version number by using File. Alyzer, a useful utility available from the same fine fellow who brought us the popular Spy. Bot anti spyware program. I got onto an XP computer and found the XP version of the usbser. WINDOWSService. Pack. Filesi. 38. 6usbser. Note that using Windows Explorers search function found several other apparent copies, but in several cases they were not the actual file but rather listings for the file in various installation archives. The file is 2. I use them to identify at a glance which copy of the file is which version and is labeled as being version 5. I can say from experience that this particular driver is capable of interfacing to an Arduino Uno, but with only one example I cant swear that other XP revisions of the driver will work, and Ive no idea about the drivers from Vista or later. If you dont have access of an XP machine, Im afraid I dont know of any trustworthy sources you can download it from. Perhaps you can find a friend, relative, or online contact whos using XP and who may be able to get you a copy. Maybe if it doesnt violate the Arduino Playgrounds usage policies, Ill try to upload the one Im using and link it to this article. But whatever you use, whatever the source, be sure to check it yourself for viruses before trying to use it Step 3. Once youve got a more recent driver, you need to block Windows from overwriting it when you try to put it where it needs to be. On my system theres a folder called WINNTDriver Cachei. Weve got to hide it from Windows. What I did was to create another folder that I called WINNTDriver Cache Backupi. Then I moved everything from the first folder into the second. Not copied but moved, so that the first folder is now empty. Yeah, you COULD just delete them, but its better to back them up somewhere in case you need them again in the future. Its perhaps safer to do this in two steps copy all the files first and verify that they did get copied, and then delete the contents of the original folder. Step 4. Windows also keeps a folder of uncompressed backup copies of drivers etc. On my system, theyre in WINNTsystem. Similar to what I did in Step 2, I created a folder I called WINNTsystem. Microsoft Xml Paper Specification Essentials Pack Version 1.0. Step 5. Okay, now were ready to pull off the gauntlet and smack Windows face with it. Change the name of WINNTsystem. Again, you COULD just delete it, but I have a morbid fear of deleting files I may need again some day.