I'd like to use an ATEN UC232A USB to serial converter on my computer with Windows 8. I downloaded the appropriate driver which seems to work but after a while produces a blue screen because of the error DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (Wdf01000.sys). On some website it was recommended to use the windows 7 driver, which gave the same problem, even when I installed the driver in compatibility mode for windows 7.
Then I plugged the converter into my Ubuntu Server 14.04, which works without any problem. I didn't need to install anything.
However, I really need to use this device on my computer with windows 8. Is there a possibility to run a linux driver on windows, for example?