Possibly a software interloper.  A vectored filtering application
"protecting" you from malicious USB devices.  Anti-virus tools.

You might test for this by either;

(a) install the same tools on the inner operating system on the VM,
or;

(b) disable or remove the tools from the outer operating system.

The other root cause that springs to mind is a race condition on
too-fast hardware, but that seems unlikely.

On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 08:12:25PM +0000, David C Brown wrote:
> Just rechecked and it is windows 7 not 8 that I am running.
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> As you say:   if it was a driver issue I would expect the ICD2 to fail
> completely.    As it is it connects OK;    it will program Ok;   it just
> can't connect to the debugger in the PIC.
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> But that is the only difference.   The cables are identical  and I have
> made new cables from the ICD2 to the chip.    Baffled.
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> David C Brown
> 43 Bings Road
> Whaley Bridge
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> *Sent from my etch-a-sketch*
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> On 31 December 2017 at 19:25, Harold Hallikainen <harold@mai.hallikainen.=
org
> > wrote:
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> > I wonder if it has to do with USB drivers. We had to go through some
> > monkey motion to get USB drivers installed. It's documented at
> > http://ftp.uslinc.com/ftp/Products/JSD-100/Documents/
> > Technical/Windows%208%20USB%20Driver%20Installation.pdf
> > .
> >
> > If it were a driver issue, though, I'd expect MPLAB to not see the ICD2=
 at
> > all.
> >
> > I'm still running MPLAB 8.92 under Winows 7. It continues to work well.
> > I've tried migrating projects to MPLAB X without success.
> >
> > Harold
> >
> >
> >
> > > For some years I have used a Shuttle PC running windows XP as my lab
> > > machine for debugging and programming mid range PICs such as the 16F8=
7
> > and
> > > 16F87X using MPLAB 8.9. and an ICD2    Apart from the usual
> > idiosyncrasies
> > > associated with Microchip products it serves me well even if it is a =
bit
> > > slow compiling.
> > >
> > > Earlier this year I bought a used Thinkpad laptop running Windows 8 (=
32
> > > bit) and decided to use that as my lab machine since it was newer and
> > > faster and took up less desk space.     So I installed MPl8.92, shift=
ed
> > > the
> > > ICD2 and set about programming.   Unfortunately programming under the
> > > debugger fails with the ICD0083 message.
> > >
> > > After some desultory web searching and tinkering I gave up,and reinst=
ated
> > > the old Shuttle.   But today my son, visiting for Christmas, installe=
d
> > > something called Virtual Box which allow me to run XP in a window on =
the
> > > laptop      And to my amazement   I can use MPL8.92 successfully  in =
this
> > > scenario.
> > >
> > > I suppose that I should be happy with this but I am puzzled and want =
an
> > > answer as to why MPLab won't run under windows 8.    The programming
> > > hardware and all the cables are the same so cable length doesn't come
> > into
> > > it.     Any ideas???
> > >
> > > I
> > > __________________________________________
> > > David C Brown
> > > 43 Bings Road
> > > Whaley Bridge
> > > High Peak                           Phone: 01663 733236
> > > Derbyshire                eMail: dcb.home@gmail.com
> > > SK23 7ND          web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb
> > > <http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/~dcb>
> > >
> > >
> > >
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