According to (this bug report)[http://sourceforge.net/p/com0com/discussion/440108/thread/13d56079/?limit=25]
Is there Windows 8x64 support ?

(SetupCopyOEMInf(C:\Program Files (x86)\com0com\com0com.inf) ERROR: 0xE000022F)


http://thephuck.com/end-user-computing/how-to-disable-driver-signing-requirement-in-windows-8/

First you have to disable driver signature verification

Run these commands from an elevated command prompt (Win + x is nice for this):
bcdedit -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING ON

Reboot and you’re good. Take note there are two (2) D‘s in DDISABLE.

Now install whatever you like. If you ever want to revers what you did, just run the opposite:
bcdedit /deletevalue loadoptions
bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING OFF

I’ve read reports that you only need to turn TESTSIGNING ON and don’t need the DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS, but I use option 1, because I don’t like the ‘Test Mode’ on the screen. 


http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/serial-over-lan-from-linux-to-windows-825334/
linux:
socat file:/dev/ttyS0,raw,echo=0 tcp-l:3006,fork&

windows
Socat for windows
http://blog.gentilkiwi.com/downloads/socat-2.0.0-b5.zip

socat file:/dev/com3,raw,echo=0 tcp-l:3006,fork&

xp side:

com0com pair com3 - com25
http://sourceforge.net/projects/com0...e.zip/download
http://sourceforge.net/projects/com0...6.zip/download
com2tcp --ignore-dsr \\.\COM25 192.168.50.66 3006