When I tried to install this first ever board I purchased, I followed the directions on loading in the Driver for Vista...
I got a totally different set of stuff in my "System" directory...didn't find any labeled "Ports"...When I tried to install the driver, the computer didn't recognize the driver (xxxxx.inf file) under the "Drivers" directory... Instead, it went to the sub directory (FTDI) and assigned the driver to a Universal Serial Bus Controller, not to a Com Port. When I started the Arduino environment, Com3 was checked, and when I removed the Uno, Com3 was still there.
The lights on the board did light up, so I presume there is just something I am missing or that the Vista OS is not doing properly.
The board I bought is an OSEPP Uno...
Please advise?