I'm in the process of migrating a legacy data acquisition system to a modernized hardware/software platform. As a stepping stone, I need to use NI GPIB-USB-HS and USB-232 devices. The driver download for both together is Almost 1.6 gigs. That's quite ridiculous for two simple communication devices. A standard prolific USB-RS232 converter is no more than 7mb, and that includes drivers for all releases of windows.
Is there a way to install ONLY the drivers I NEED for these two devices. If not directly, can I do a full installation of the driver package on my laptop, and then just copy out all the files I need? And place them in the proper directory so I don't need all this mess of crap I don't need. It's kinda crazy to me I can't just get a simple set of drivers for a device. Thanks for the help!