Vista - DKU-5 nokia cable driver problem

I tried to use my DKU-5 cable to connect my nokia phone, but I didn’t find
the vista driver.

I tried to install the XP driver, and it installed well, but the port didn’t
work. The driver can’t load the .sys file.

Have someone a solution for this problem?

Thanks for your help.
JC

I've had the same problem under XP and now under VISTA.

Is your cable the genuine Nokia cable, or like mine a third party one?
Nokia claim that only theirs works (naturally).

There's been a post in the newsgroup (General I think) from someone
with the same problem who used another cable from a friend and it
worked so I'm thinking of getting the genuine Nokia cable and going for
their replacement for the DKU-5 -- CA-42

http://www.nokia.com.au/nokia/0,,37187,00.html

but check here for the compatibility with your phone -- mine is a 3120

http://www.nokia.com.au/nokia/0,,37420,00.html

Good luck and do tell me what cable and how you get on.

Thanks for your help Hugh. The cable it’s original and it worked under XP.
I get the problem with Vista. The driver installs well, but Vista has
problems because can´t open or load the serial port (virtual). If we can
resolve this issue, the driver will work fine.
Regards
JC

In article <BFEA1F6C-1CFE-40A5-8F16-67EF37CB4EB2@microsoft.com>, Juan
Carlos Zamora wrote:

> The cable it’s original and it worked under XP.*
> I get the problem with Vista.

Thanks -- I guess I'd better get the Nokia cable and I'll get the CA-42
and hope I can get it working under both XP and VISTA.

Hopefully someone here can help with the COM port.

I had same problem with my DKU-5 cable after buying a new computer with Vista. My investigation at Nokia tell me their latest version of PC Suite, the only one that supports Vista, no longer supports the DKU-5 cable. DKU-5 cable users using Vista should use CA-42 Cable. See lhttp://www.qa.nokiausa.com/support/pcsuite/features_support_by_your_phone.html?noflash=1

Cable Drivers compatible with the latest PC Suite are installed along with PC Suite when you install PC Suite. To see them, install PC Suite and launch it from the Icon on your Desktop. Click on Manage Connections from the PC Suite apps Icons. Select the connection you want to use with PC Suite. To see which connection types are compatible with your phone, use the URL given above this paragraph.

I was using the DKU-5 cable sucessfully on another computer running Win XP and a PC Suite version for Win 2000 and XP only, the PC Suite version one step earlier than the latest 6.83 version. You should still be able to download the earlier version and use the DKU-5 cable for XP and earlier versions of Windows.

Since no where does Nokia come right out and state they no longer support DKU-5 on the latest version, that I could fine, one cannot be absolutely sure the DKU-5 driver cannot be downloaded and inserted as another compatible connection in the Manage Connections list, but I highly doubt it because 1)they choose not to include it with other drivers they included with the latest Suite, and 2. the CA-42 is a serial type cable connection similar to DKU-5 so if it were easy, they would have included it along with the CA-42.

Hope this helps everyone laboring with their new computer gifts from Microsoft.