AutoMeasure Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 The 'Scan for NXTs' function from the NXT Toolkit finds my NXT unit on my Windows XP machine but doesn't find it on my Windows Vista machine. Both machines are Dell, 32 bit. The NXT is connected to a USB port in both cases. On the Vista machine, Windows sees the NXT - it's listed in the Device Manager under Lego Devices. But both Labview and the Mindstorms software do not see it. I tried to fix the problem by buying the Mindstorms software 1.1 upgrade, but that didn't help. Can any of you kind experts offer advice? Thanks very much. Quote Link to comment
Aristos Queue Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 You need an actual driver update to make the NXT work with Vista. I've heard rumors of a driver update.... a bit of web searching turned up this on www.mindstorms.com : How do I run the MINDSTORMS NXT 1.0 software on Windows Vista? Quote Link to comment
AutoMeasure Posted June 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Thanks for replying, Aristos. As I said, I just purchased and installed the Mindstorms 1.1 CD which includes the latest NXT driver, supposedly compatible with all flavors of Vista. The FAQ page of your link was written prior to Lego's release of Mindstorms 1.1 last year. Quote Link to comment
jmaczak Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 Hi I have the same Vista/NXT problem (http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?boar...p;thread.id=930) not yet resolved. Even setting up a new system didn't help. On different Vista notebook of the same brand (Fujitsu/Lifebook E) it works fine. :thumbdown: Quote Link to comment
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