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MRC PC Interface and Windows 8... What am I Missing Here?

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MRC PC Interface and Windows 8... What am I Missing Here?
Posted by newhavenroad on Thursday, April 17, 2014 7:54 PM

So I recently purchased a new computer with Windows 8 and I wanted to use my MRC wireless PC interface with it, which worked well on my Windows 7. I Installed the drivers for the interface and the MRC program. I made sure that my computer recognized the interface. However, the program did not recognize the interface, giving an error message tat no USB connection is found. Does anyone out there know how to alleviate this? Thanks.

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Posted by jalajoie on Friday, April 18, 2014 7:39 AM

Could be you need a driver for Win 8, however,  there is no such driver yet available from MRC.

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Posted by cacole on Saturday, April 19, 2014 7:19 PM

I don't have Windows 8 and hope I never have to use it -- but, does it have a "compatability" setting to work with legacy software that was written in the days of XP?  There used to be a software patch that could be downloaded from Microsoft that allowed Windows 7 to run XP software, so there may also be something like that for Windows 8.

 

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