andrew_vs Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 (edited) Hi I just got my new flirc in the mail,never set one up before I have win 7 64 bit and installed the flirc software from the downloads section,plugged in my flirc and windows did not find drivers ,at the same time i plugged in my harmony remote and my pc was going crazy as if i was rapidly plugging into and out of the usb port,i unplugged the remote and still the same,unplugged the flirc and it stopped ,but now when i plug the flirc in it shows as "bootldr" and i dont know what to do now to get this working ? hope someone out there has an answer,thanks! Edited May 23, 2014 by andrew_vs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 If you fire up the software, it should kick it out of the bootloader. Can you post a pic of device manager? Really sorry you are having trouble. God I hate windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_vs Posted May 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 https://www.dropbox.com/s/xznvp0d6bjv09tv/Screenshot%202014-05-22%2020.50.43.png you may get this in the support email too,sorry im just hoping to get this working tonight,i tried opening the flirc software and still it was showing as bootldr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_vs Posted May 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 also during a manual install of driver this is the result i get https://www.dropbox.com/s/5ibbnyr02at2uyk/Screenshot%202014-05-23%2005.24.36.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 ah okay, looks like you need administration privileges or an admin account. That's probably what the fuss is about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_vs Posted May 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 I thought so too, I have been right clicking the software and running as administrator but did not help, is there anything else I should do to gain administration rights? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 That's really all there should be, if you go into control panel, and user account, can you convert your account into an administrator? It's strange because the installer should ask for your password if you aren't an admin. Try this too: https://flirc.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/200712548-Using-the-ZADIG-Utility Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_vs Posted May 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 (edited) Ok I'll try tonight when I get home thanks jason P.S the zadig program also tells me I need administration rights.. Edited May 23, 2014 by andrew_vs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_vs Posted May 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 So, I just checked remotely and my account is the administrator account Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_vs Posted May 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Tried all methods,created a new admin account and all i ever get is bootldr and will not install a driver at all ,is this thing bricked ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 ping me on gchat, don't worry, I'll get it sorted out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_vs Posted May 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 (edited) i went to my other comp upstairs (also win7 64it) but somehow it let me install the drivers ,going to plug it back in here on my main comp and see what she does so.........this comp now see's the device as flirc ,but still giving me the same admin privileges required issue,i th8ink ill program it upstairs ,maybe my windows version is a PoS ! Edited May 23, 2014 by andrew_vs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 you can always pair on the other machine, and then it will work with anything that has USB with no additional software Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_vs Posted May 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 programmed with the other comp and using on my htpc! , now for a night of shows and beer thanks for this great device! and advice :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 my pleasure, so sorry you had that trouble. glad you are up and running. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_vs Posted May 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 (edited) hey i dont know why but all of a sudden my htpc installed the driver for flirc ( i turned off UAC in user accounts) however it shows the firmware as 16.16 and is stuck at firmware being upgraded my other comp shows it as version 2.6 is there something i can do quik to get the firmware to update from here so i can program things from this comp,ive tried uninstalling the gui and re installing Update . ran malawarebytes followed by windows update ,all issues seem to be resolved Edited May 25, 2014 by andrew_vs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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