Lodestar Guider and Windows 8

[John K]

Hi guys,

I have just purchased a new laptop with Windows 8.

I have installed the Lodestar software, but it appears that the software cannot now find the camera.

The red light on the camera comes on, the computer gives a chime saying that it knows something has been connected, but the software cannot find the camera.

Anyone else using Lodestar with Windows 8 that can offer some advice??

John K

[Merlin66 (Ken)]

I assume Win8 is similar to Win7 - you may need to install the software as "administator" ????

[acropolite (Phil)]

John, I had similar problems with Win8 and the SSAG (see this thread).

In my case the issue was the way Win8 was identifying the device and reporting an incorrect VID/PID.

I found that installing the SSAG on a USB2 port (luckily my laptop had one USB2 port) AND a clean OS install was the only way I could get the driver loaded, as once the device had been incorrectly identified, no amount of driver removal, inf file manipulation or registry massaging could fix the problem.

[John K]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone.

It was all about getting the 64 bit drivers installed from the Starlight Xpress web site.


Clear skies to all.


John K.