Installing GB Operator drivers on Windows 7

Warning: This tutorial is exclusively for Windows 7, do not follow this if you're using any other operating system. Windows 10 comes natively with drivers for your Operator device.

In case your GB Operator fails to install the driver automatically on Windows 7, you need to manually install it. Follow this step-by-step guide to install the driver.

We highly recommend you to upgrade to Windows 10 as it brings numerous features and improvements over Windows 7 that will make your experience with the GB Operator much better. Moreover, the last compatible Epilogue Operator Software for Windows 7 is the v.0.7.2 version, which can be found here. However, if you need to stick to Windows 7, then continue following this guide.

Required files:

Windows 7 driver for the GB Operator

Step 1 - Open Device Management

Press the Windows button on your keyboard, then type "Device Manager", select the option from the search results.

Step 2 - Find the GB Operator in your device list

You should be able to find the GB Operator under "Other devices" with a warning sign, showing that the driver was not successfully installed.

Step 3 - Start the driver installation

Right click on the device and click on "Update Driver Software..." and enter the driver installation software.

Step 4 - Selecting the driver from your computer

Once the Update Driver Software window is open, select "Browse my computer for driver software" then "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer"

Step 5 - Select the type of device

From the device selection screen, select "Show All Devices" then click on "Next"

Step 6 - Browse the driver you just downloaded

When you are asked to select the device driver you want to install for this hardware, click on the "Have Disk..." button.

Step 7 - Select the driver

Click on the "Browse...", select your gbo.inf file from the location where it was downloaded, then "OK" and you should see in the following window the Model being detected as "GB Operator".

Step 8 - Finishing the installation

Click "Next" and accept the warnings by clicking "Install this driver software anyway", you should see that the driver was successfully installed and then click "Close".

Step 9 - Checking the installation

You should now see the GB Operator being listed under "Ports (COM &LPT)" and without any warning icons.

Step 10 - Enjoy your GB Operator

Now, you should be able to open the GB Operator application and play your games!