Access Virus USB "cannot start"

[Wivelrod]

Hi all,

I'm looking for opinions on the following problem, please see this screenshot:

http://www.wivelrodstower.com/Images...annotstart.jpg

I get this both on my Vista 32bit partition or my XP Home partition (dual boot). My Installation process is:

• Power up the PC and my new Snow (not plugged in) - with all USB devices removed except the keyboard and mouse.
• Download and install the Virus TI Software Installer
• On Vista, after installation, I have to browse to the AudioDriver folder and manually start in the driver install from the setup.exe (in XP it automatically starts)
• When asked to do so I plug in the USB cable to the Snow.
• When asked to do so, I unplug it again.
• When asked to do again...I plug it back in.
• When asked "Do you want to install another device?" I say "No".
• The driver installation completes, and I exit the installer.
• I open the Virus Control Center application, and it continually searches for the Snow, never finding it.
• Checking the Device Manage I see the USB device cannot start.

I have 4 USB ports into my Motherboard. I've tried all of these bar the one already used by the Keyboard.

I do not have room for a separate PCI USB card in my PC - it's a custom rig used mainly for gaming (on the XP partition), and has SLI'd graphics cards and watercooling.

The built in soundcard is a Soundblaster X-fi - which I know isn't great for audio work - but I'm just starting out in Computer Music, and I'll have to make do with what I have.

The reason I got the Snow was that it is small (I have limited desk space), and has the ability (if I've understood this correctly!) to act both as a midi interface and a sound capture device. There by bypassing using the Soundblaster (obviously its still used for output).

Does anyone have any ideas (other than a new PC) on how I can get this working?