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Altera_Forum
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12 years agoUSB Blaster's driver from previous and current versions of Quartus II software doesn't supported under Windows 8.
See "OS Support Page": http://www.altera.com/download/os-support/oss-index.html (http://www.altera.com/download/os-support/oss-index.html) and drivers download page: http://www.altera.com/download/drivers/dri-index.html (http://www.altera.com/download/drivers/dri-index.html) You should try to create the USB Blaster's driver setup files for Windows 8 "manually", from the FTDI WHQL Certified D2XX driver: http://www.ftdichip.com/drivers/d2xx.htm (http://www.ftdichip.com/drivers/d2xx.htm)