----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim N9PUZ" Subject: Re: [PIC] ICD2 and USB > For those of us who DON'T run as Admin is it a matter of giving the > correct privileges to the appropriate directories? Sadly, no. On Earlier versions of MPLAB that strategy worked well enough. But the ICD2, and maybe MPLAB 7.x, puts some files in various Windows directories. I was unable to make it work by changing file protections, but I may have missed some files buried there. What I did was to make a shortcut that runs MPLAB as administrator. It works just fine except for the irritation of typing in the root password whenever you launch MPLAB. I have a user called root who has privileges. Just make a shortcut to %windir%\system32\RunAs.exe /user:root "yadyadyada\MPLAB.EXE" and "Start in:" the MPLAB directory, and all works just dandy. > RTFM? Okay, if I have to. Yeah, well. The installation really isn't that tough, the problem is unraveling it if you need to do it over. Microchip has a program that is SUPPOSED to do that for you, but I found it only did a small part. Oh yeah, FWIW, I generally power small projects from the ICD2 (with a 9 volt supply plugged into the ICD2) and it works just fine. I have a nice clean supply, could be that folks who are having trouble have wall warts or something. Some really small projects keep running off the USB power after I turn off the power supply -- a little disconcerting to see things keep going after you pull the big switch. I've also used ICD2 with a hub without ill effect, but I haven't done that a lot so I can't say it always works, or even often works. --McD -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist