Pickit3 working on Vista but not on windows 10

• Pickit3 working on Vista but not on windows 10
  Posted by Dule on 25 Sep, 2017 19:30
• Hi there,
  
  I can't get flipppin pickit3 to work on my main computer. I keep on getting connection failed message.
  
  
  On my old laptop, it works, I was able to program PIC using MPLAB IPE.
  
  
  Main computer is windows 10 and laptop is windows vista. Are there any compatibility issues with win 10 and pickit?
  
  
  I tried to search on Internet and there are many cases where people had issues with pickit 3 but I could not find any fix that works for me.
  
  
  Thanks
• #1 Reply
  Posted by KL27x on 25 Sep, 2017 19:36
• This sounds like USB driver issue. Someone posted about this a couple months ago. They resolved it by loading a different USB driver.
• #2 Reply
  Posted by wraper on 25 Sep, 2017 19:42
• Quote from: Dule on 25 Sep, 2017 19:30

  On my old laptop, it works, I was able to program PIC using MPLAB IPE.
  

  If it was used with programming application, it may be stuck in wrong mode.
  
• #3 Reply
  Posted by stj on 25 Sep, 2017 21:30
• did you try the Microchip forum?
  http://www.microchip.com/forums/
  
  btw, serves you right for running 10, the devil's o.s.
  did you know that "666" in binary is "10"??
  i bet you didnt! 
• #4 Reply
  Posted by marshallh on 06 Oct, 2017 00:10
• Working fine here on Win10 with legimate pickit3. I have no idea if the clones will work properly on Win10.
• #5 Reply
  Posted by stj on 06 Oct, 2017 04:39
• the clones are exact copies.
  
• #6 Reply
  Posted by JPortici on 06 Oct, 2017 05:30
• i don't know if current clones work. old clones usually don't.
  
  all my legit pickit 3 work across every version of osx and every version of windows supported by mplabx
  
  if i can find my old clone i will try