I stumbled into device manager (don't know where it is hiding and i didn't google). once there it was simple to click on the failed Usb blaster icon and install the driver which requires you to browse to c:\altera\quartus\drivers and then install. Windows then finds the correct driver and installs it.
I have to use firefox to post on the forum though. How ms can get this so wrong i don't know.
Device Manager is easy to get to: press the Windows' logo key and 'R' at the same time, or click "start" then "run", then type devmgmt.msc. If you're not using an account with administrator privileges, you might get a prompt for a password. I'm sure Linux users know all about SUDO and passwords.
Quartus II 14 web edition just downloaded from the site and installed fine, without anything else required from me- no run as Admin or anything. I don't have a board yet so the drivers might be another issue, so I can't say anything there.
And just in case, Winver output attached as well.
As for "... I have to use firefox to post on the forum...." I call shenanigans- I'm posting now, just fine, with IE11 on Win8.1
Makes me wonder what you all are doing that makes Windows not run as it was designed.
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Quartus II 14 web edition just downloaded from the site and installed fine, without anything else required from me- no run as Admin or anything. I don't have a board yet so the drivers might be another issue, so I can't say anything there.
And just in case, Winver output attached as well.
As for "... I have to use firefox to post on the forum...." I call shenanigans- I'm posting now, just fine, with IE11 on Win8.1
Makes me wonder what you all are doing that makes Windows not run as it was designed.