Hi,
I just got it today, thanks! As promised here is my report on Windows 8 Consumer Preview build 8250:
1. Plugging in flirc: Win8 device manager lists Other devices, flirc with an exclamation/alert pointing that it doesn't have drivers.
2. flirc 0.96 did install though it gave an alert box that it didn't install correctly and to check DPINT.txt.
Here is the relevant part of the DPINT, sorry for the clutter:
INFO: 04/25/2012 23:55:33
INFO: Product Version 2.1.0.0.
INFO: Version: 6.0.6000
INFO: Platform ID: 2 (NT)
INFO: Service Pack: 0.0
INFO: Suite: 0x0100, Product Type: 1
INFO: Architecture: AMD64.
INFO: Interactive Windows Station
INFO: Command Line: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\flirc\driver\dpinst.exe"'
INFO: DPInst is not multi-lingual.
INFO: ****************************************
INFO: Current working directory: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\flirc\driver'
INFO: Running on path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\flirc\driver'
INFO: DPInst.xml does not list the current UI language.
INFO: User UI Language is 0x409.
INFO: Install option set: Suppressing Wizard but no OS popups.
INFO: Install option set: legacy mode on.
INFO: Install option set: Install all driver packages or none.
INFO: Found driver package: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\flirc\driver\flirc.inf'.
INFO: Found driver package: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\flirc\driver\flirc_bootloader.inf'.
INFO: Preinstalling 'c:\program files (x86)\flirc\driver\flirc.inf' ...
INFO: ENTER: DriverPackagePreinstallW
INFO: RETURN: DriverPackagePreinstallW (0xE000022F)
INFO: Returning with code 0x80020000
INFO: 04/25/2012 23:55:33
3. I am able to run flirc, but it says the device is disconnected.
My feeling? I think Win8 is not recognizing it as a keyboard or is wanting to find drivers and can't.
I'm happy to help trouble shoot if you tell me what you want me to do. I'm sure you'll have more people using Win8 in the future.