Hi there.  I am a student who just began using Microchip PIC microcontrollers.
I've purchased a pic programmer kit from ITU Technologies.

After soldering the components to the PCB, and connected it to my PC, I tried
burning a hex file into a PIC16F84.  However, I encountered some programming
problems.  Specifically, the programming software read my file and asked me
to "insert the PIC chip and press any key to start programming".  I did that,
 and the
LED on the programmer did blink, but immediately it gave me a message: "ERROR
in programming!".  Could someone tell me where its going wrong.  I have already
tried this on several PCs and the same error comes up.  I'm pretty sure the
soldering job and the DB-25MF cable (which I had to buy individually!) must not
be the problem.  I have e-mailed ITU representative, and it seems like they are
not willing to help much, so could anyone from PIClist tell me what's going
wrong?  I've been on NEUTRAL gear for two weeks already, and I need to get
started with this!  Thank You.