Driver Problem

Using Arduino IDE 1.x
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I just a freshly built PC with Win7 pro on it. I installed the arduino software, and when I plug in a Nano, it detects it and tries to install a driver but fails.
It says "searching online for driver" for a long time then says it fails.
On device manager I get
Other devices -> USB2.0-Serial.
but no com port

Any thoughts on what went wrong? I even uninstalled arduino and reinstalled as admin, same thing.
Any help will be appreciated.
Oh yeah, I have installed arduino on 3 or 4 other PCs without issue.

2

The Nano use an FTDI-brand chip for USB-to-Serial. You need to install FTDI drivers. They should be somewhere in the Arduino install or you can download them from the manufacturer:

http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm