The version information of an SMSC infrared receiver appears as garbled text or as "Not Available" when you view it in Device Manager in Windows Vista

When you use Device Manager to view the properties of an SMSC infrared receiver, the version information appears as garbled text. Or, "Not Available" appears instead of the version information.

This problem occurs if you install the SMSC Infrared Data Association (IrDA) driver that is on the Vista OEM Supplement DVD.

This problem occurs because the "[Version]" section of the Smscir.inf driver file is incomplete.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

No action is required to resolve this problem. This problem causes no loss of functionality.

The third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, about the performance or reliability of these products.