Given the increasing security hardening in Windows 10 and 11, maintaining an based device is a challenge. If the hardware is mission-critical (e.g., an industrial controller or specialized fingerprint reader), the best long-term strategies are:
The driver signing requirements introduced after Windows 8.1 require all kernel-mode drivers to be digitally signed by Microsoft. Many original EZp2023 drivers were released before this policy, hence Windows 10 blocks them by default. Additionally, the hardware ID ( VID_xxxx&PID_xxxx ) associated with EZp2023 chips is often missing from the standard driver INF files. Ezp2023- Driver Windows 10
: Transfer the software and driver folders from the CD to your local hard drive before starting. Given the increasing security hardening in Windows 10
EZp2023_Win10_x64_v2.1.0.zip