Last Version of WIndows 10 to Support FireWire

[aoresteen]

What was the last version of Windows 10 to support FireWire?  Was it later than version 1903?

 

Thanks!

[superleiw]

Did W10 ever truly support Firewire ? I think they already partially removed it in Windows 8

Microsoft did however provide additional generic drivers and people have reported that these may also work in W10

 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/firewire-port-based-device-does-not-work-correctly-in-windows-8-1-or-windows-8-2242eed9-e8e2-00eb-c854-9335ea06c5fe

[cc333]

I thought all versions of 10 supported Firewire, provided the correct drivers were installed?

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[superleiw]

Seems Aerosteen also asked this question on another forum and got his answer

https://www.tenforums.com/drivers-hardware/218667-last-version-windows-10-firewire.html

 

But it should still work on 1903+ if you install drivers manually such as the one that I linked in my earlier post.

[superleiw]

I have looked further into this and from my understanding :

 

Starting with Windows 8, the generic FireWire 400 drivers were removed (1394a)

Starting with Windows 10 1909, the generic FireWire 800 drivers were also removed (1394b)

 

However, in both cases it may still be possible to manually install custom drivers to use FireWire 400/800 devices.

Edited March 19 by superleiw