I'll ask 'em. One thing was that they installed WinXP PRO, removing XP HOME which was originally on all the systems. My home computers, which run ICD2s perfectly, are both WinXP Home versions. Maybe that causes the failures. --Bob A Funny NYPD wrote: > Bob, > Can you verify that your office PCs has some kind of remote control/hard drive lock, or anti-virus staff installed (in the mean time, they keep recording everything you did on the computer)? > > One of my experience shows the IT department tuned the windows xp to keep people from accessing local hard drive or installing anything locally. And this drove engineers nuts. > > Once that hard drive lock (which is really just a software lock) was removed, everything works perfectly. All computers are Dell machines and laptops. > > I only saw this happened on those big companies. They (IT guys) do have the capability and can created many XP "Virus" (which is invisible to you and me) to control people's daily life. > > Funny N. > New Bedford, MA > http://www.AuElectronics.selfip.com > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Bob Axtell > To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 11:08:16 PM > Subject: Re: [PIC] Odd Troubles With ICD2 > > Xiaofan Chen wrote: > >> On Nov 28, 2007 6:46 AM, Bob Axtell wrote: >> >> >>> On all of the office PCs, the drivers load properly, and the ICD2 itself >>> seems to work properly, but when you begin to actually USE it, it >>> posts an error message indicating that it "cannot sync with the >>> PIC" or something like that. These PC's however, run the Microchip >>> ICE2000 perfectly. I also tried MPLAB 7.2, 7.6a, and 8.0, nothing worked. >>> >>> Anybody else experiencing this ICD2 problem? I have reached the end of >>> my rope. >>> >>> >> For Vista, you should try MPLAB 8.0. >> >> I believe your ICD2 may be at fault. You may want to contact Microchip >> for a replacement if you are using the original ICD2. >> Example: http://forum.microchip.com/tm.aspx?m=292369 >> >> > Maybe, but unlikely- all 4 of my ICD2's work perfectly on my home office > PCs. I own 3 Microchip > ICD2 originals, and a clone from Hong Kong. All of them are not working > in the client office. > > > >> And you can also replace ICD2 with a PICkit 2 which will do the >> job for programming better than ICD2 and will do the same job >> for debugging of PIC16F/18F just like ICD2. >> >> Xiaofan >> >> > Yes, I have been following the thread closely. > I will get one immediately. > > --Bob > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist