hi all, i bought a cheap usb midi cable from ebay and (like everyone else) while it works fine in XP i've headaches getting it going in vista. when i plug it in (after uninstalling drivers) it looks for drivers and then comes up with a "failed" status. in device manager it is called VIEWCON.. and has the message "the device cannot start (code 10)". (further searches for viewcon came up unhelpful).
there is a thread (YakYak • View topic - USB MIDI interface and vista) where someone had a solution that worked for most people, but it would seem they were running vista 32 because using the alternate (ROMiO) drivers suggested in the post i get the message:
"the folder you specified doesn't contain a compatible software driver for your device. if the folder contans a driver, make sure it is designed to work with windows for x64-based systems."
IE, it's a 32 bit driver, while i'm running vista (home premium) 64.
i looked at the device info in win xp (32) device manager while it was plugged in:
USB AUDIO DEVICE
device type: sound, video and game controllers
manufacturer: (generic usb audio)
location: location 0 (VIEWCON..)
DRIVERS:
provider: microsoft
date: 1/07/2001
version: 5.1.2535.0
signer: microsoft windows publisher
Driver details:
in windows\system32\drivers\:
drmk.sys
ks.sys
portcls.sys
stream.sys
USBAUDIO.sys
in windows\system32\:
ksproxy.ax
ksuser.dll
wdmaud.drv
some other bits:
matching device Id:
udb\class_01
compatible Ids:
usb\class_01&subclass_01&prot_00
usb\class_01&sybclass_01
usb\class_01
any clues on where i can go from here? would there be another driver somewhere i can convince vista to use?
all help appreciated.
there is a thread (YakYak • View topic - USB MIDI interface and vista) where someone had a solution that worked for most people, but it would seem they were running vista 32 because using the alternate (ROMiO) drivers suggested in the post i get the message:
"the folder you specified doesn't contain a compatible software driver for your device. if the folder contans a driver, make sure it is designed to work with windows for x64-based systems."
IE, it's a 32 bit driver, while i'm running vista (home premium) 64.
i looked at the device info in win xp (32) device manager while it was plugged in:
USB AUDIO DEVICE
device type: sound, video and game controllers
manufacturer: (generic usb audio)
location: location 0 (VIEWCON..)
DRIVERS:
provider: microsoft
date: 1/07/2001
version: 5.1.2535.0
signer: microsoft windows publisher
Driver details:
in windows\system32\drivers\:
drmk.sys
ks.sys
portcls.sys
stream.sys
USBAUDIO.sys
in windows\system32\:
ksproxy.ax
ksuser.dll
wdmaud.drv
some other bits:
matching device Id:
udb\class_01
compatible Ids:
usb\class_01&subclass_01&prot_00
usb\class_01&sybclass_01
usb\class_01
any clues on where i can go from here? would there be another driver somewhere i can convince vista to use?
all help appreciated.