[hpsdr] USBIO and Vista?

[Chris Day]

Thanks, Bill. That has prodded my brain into action. It appears that the problem is two part.

 

1) When you plug in a new USB device, Vista by default searches the Windows Update web site for a matching driver before giving you a chance to intervene.

 

2) Windows Update has this Vweb driver, for an ancient USB video capture device, I think, that matches and gets installed before you have a chance to point to the USBIO/libusb driver. This causes a collision that is tricky to sort out.

 

Since I'm in a reinstall-the-OS-at-the-drop-of-a-hat mode, I'm going to disable the automatic driver search before plugging in the cable for the first time. That should get me around the problem, I hope.

 

[ Disable automatic driver search - http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/how-to-disable-automatic-driver-installation-in-windows-vista/ ]

 

 

Chris Day

AE6VK


 
> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:26:11 -0500
> From: bill at ewjt.com
> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] USBIO and Vista?
> To: scotstramp at msn.com; hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org
> 
> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
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> Hi Chris -- the USBIO adapter does wotk on 32 bit Vista, but some 
> have reported having conflicts with other drivers. The following 
> threads from the Flex list may be of some help:
> 
> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/2009-February/026607.html 
> 
> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/2009-February/026623.html
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> At 09:28 PM 6/27/2009, Chris Day wrote:
> >***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
> >
> >
> >I'm trying to resurrect my station after a couple of years or so of 
> >neglect. I'm trying to take it one step at a time. I have an 
> >SDR-1000 and need to use the USB-parallel adapter to run it. [I will 
> >get to running it with Ozy, but one thing at a time.] I have 
> >meanwhile moved from Windows XP to Vista 32-bit. The USBIO driver is 
> >not being recognized by Vista. Is there any solution or do I have to 
> >revert to XP to get things going? Thanks.
> >
> >Chris
> >AE6VK
> >
> >P.S. - After my first try at sending this, I've set up my computer 
> >to double boot Vista and XP. USBIO works for me under XP, but not 
> >Vista. Anybody ever have a different result? My brain is getting too 
> >squishy to want to deal with two operating systems at once.
> >
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