New to arduino. Why is windows telling me to authorise a bounch of stuff

Development Tools IDE 2.x
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it was telling me the friewall the drivers the do you want this app to do changes to your device? and im confused. i accepted all

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Hi @deelex9404.

Arduino IDE has a helper tool named "mdns-discovery". This tool is used for the "over-the-air" (OTA) upload feature that allows you to upload sketches to certain boards via the Wi-Fi network instead of having to plug them into your computer:

https://docs.arduino.cc/tutorials/mkr-1000-wifi/wifi-101-ota

https://arduino-esp8266.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ota_updates/readme.html#application-example

This tool requires access to your network, and so Windows Firewall asks you if you want to give it permission to do that.

The drivers are installed so that Windows can recognize the serial ports of some Arduino boards when they are connected to your computer with a USB cable.

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thanks, driving me crazy

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You are welcome. I'm glad if I was able to be of assistance.

Regards, Per

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