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Vista wouldnt let me install drivers. I dont know how, or why.
when i plugged in the usb cable it would say "found new hardware, searching for drivers"... I thought, brilliant... here we go.
So, as there isnt a standard driver for the usb cable, it came up saying "Driver not found" and gives you the option to locate the driver yourself or check online for support.
Clicking on "locate driver yourself" (as I had downloaded the 64-bit xp drivers from http://www.rev-ed.co.uk/picaxe/software.htm), I browsed to, and selected, the folder where i extracted the driver files, and clicked next.
It eventually came up saying "Unable to install drivers".
Solution:
Plug in the usb cable, and try going through the wizard. If it doesnt work then:
open control panel, and search for device manager (its in System And Maintenance -> System -> Device manager on the left-hand bar)
There should be 2 unknown devices. either refresh the view or open all the submenues (cant remember where they were, and i cant be bothered uninstalling it just to find out)
right click on one of the unknown devices, open the properties, and press the "Reinstall Drivers" button.
In the wizard that opens, there should be an option to "Browse computer for software".
on the page that opens click the "Let me pick from a list of device drivers" button.
choose "Show all devices" (or similar)
then click "Have Disk" and navigate to the folder you extracted the drivers to, and select one of the available files (cant remember which is which, i think vista will figure it out tho)
finish the wizard, accepting the fact that it is an unsigned driver.
repeat for the other unkown device.
Vista wouldnt let me install drivers. I dont know how, or why.
when i plugged in the usb cable it would say "found new hardware, searching for drivers"... I thought, brilliant... here we go.
So, as there isnt a standard driver for the usb cable, it came up saying "Driver not found" and gives you the option to locate the driver yourself or check online for support.
Clicking on "locate driver yourself" (as I had downloaded the 64-bit xp drivers from http://www.rev-ed.co.uk/picaxe/software.htm), I browsed to, and selected, the folder where i extracted the driver files, and clicked next.
It eventually came up saying "Unable to install drivers".
Solution:
Plug in the usb cable, and try going through the wizard. If it doesnt work then:
open control panel, and search for device manager (its in System And Maintenance -> System -> Device manager on the left-hand bar)
There should be 2 unknown devices. either refresh the view or open all the submenues (cant remember where they were, and i cant be bothered uninstalling it just to find out)
right click on one of the unknown devices, open the properties, and press the "Reinstall Drivers" button.
In the wizard that opens, there should be an option to "Browse computer for software".
on the page that opens click the "Let me pick from a list of device drivers" button.
choose "Show all devices" (or similar)
then click "Have Disk" and navigate to the folder you extracted the drivers to, and select one of the available files (cant remember which is which, i think vista will figure it out tho)
finish the wizard, accepting the fact that it is an unsigned driver.
repeat for the other unkown device.
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