Windows 8 Trinket

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Windows 8 Trinket

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I can not get windows 8 to install the driver. I have windows 7 at work and the trinket works just fine on it, but at home on my windows 8 machine the driver will not install. On my windows 7 machine in device manager I right clicked the USB that reads "Unknown USB Device" then selected "Upload Driver", and choose "Browse my computer for driver software", next I select "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer," I pressed the "have disk" button, and select the USBtiny.inf, pressed open. That was the driver I installed. On my windows 8 machine I get this message "The folder you specified doesn't contain a compatible driver for your device. If the folder contains a driver, make sure it is designed to work with Windows for x64-based systems." Both my 7 and 8 machines are 64. Can someone help please, this is really upsetting me?

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Re: Windows 8 Trinket

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Download the Win8 driver from here:
https://learn.adafruit.com/usbtinyisp/drivers#

install it from Device Manager - Find the trinket (probably under 'Other'). Right click to select Update Driver, then go through the wizard to browse to the driver folder (be sure to unzip the folder!)

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Re: Windows 8 Trinket

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For some reason, the device manager is not seeing my trinket. I bought 3 trinkets, and try all 3. Is there something I need to do before plugging the trinket into my computer. They work on my windows 7 machine, so the USB cable should not be the issue.

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Re: Windows 8 Trinket

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I think there is something wrong with my computer, everything works on my daughter's windows 8 machine. Sorry for the bother.

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Re: Windows 8 Trinket

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NP. We've seen things like this before with Win8 machines. It's not a Lenovo laptop, is it?

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Re: Windows 8 Trinket

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No it's a HP. I got it to work on my daughter's lenovo. Any suggestions?

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Re: Windows 8 Trinket

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None. Sorry.

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