Nope, my mistake. I thought I got it but I didn't. All Advanced Installer did was make files that installed. I don't know if that changed anything because it Vista still wouldn't allow installing of the drivers. I un-installed the .msi programs that Advanced installer made and it still worked as generically recognized by Vista.

At this point I don't know or remember what got it to work. The problem is that none of the installer files I tried making with Advanced Installer got the XD2 application to install.

So after receiving an email from the Mackie tech support referring me to the Mackie forums I saw why I failed to follow Sam Justices instructions the first time which the following link will explain.

Mackie Forums Home: ASIO Driver in Windows Vista

And so I tried this: I used the windows search on a seperate windows XP computer with Mackie Spike installed on it (the Alpha version from the Mackie downloads page) and then used windows search to find .msi files which after some further effort turned up an XD2 .msi file which Sam instructed one line to be deleted from. I did that and then transfered it to the other computer (via email attachment) and though it installed beautifully, there are still no drivers installed.

Hence, the software app now works properly but it doesn't recognize the USB device. Did I do something wrong? The drivers still aren't installed. The Spike won't interface with the Application software.

I mean all the knobs work, even the mix which I overlooked previously, but none of the features of the software application registering. No syncing up

Well, again, at least the basics, less the software interface with all the bells and whistles, works.

If anyone knows what I did wrong or how to get the drives to work on Vista then that would be great.

Thanks.

T.C.