The USB driver scene on windows is confusing and sometimes even dangerous. I've seen some students unable to use Arduino clones on windows when they worked perf

The USB driver scene on windows is confusing and sometimes even dangerous. I've seen some students unable to use Arduino clones on windows when they worked perfectly on Linux. I then found this: https://learnarduinonow.com/2014/10/24/does-windows-ftdi-update-brick-your.html https://learnarduinonow.com/2014/10/24/does-windows-ftdi-upd... (TLDR: windows auto-installs a driver that will brick your device if they think it is "counterfeit") and decided plugging something other than a storage device (if you trust the system to be free from viruses) on a windows machine is something that should be done as a last resort only.