AVRISP MKII Problem

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I want to program my arduino using the AVRISP MKII programmer but my computer won't recognize it. I first tried having windows search automatically for the driver but surprise surprise, it didn't work. I tried doing a google search for the driver but couldn't find one.

does anyone know where i can find the driver for for the MKII? I'm running Windows 7 64-bit. Also once I get the driver how do I upload code to the arduino? Will it be recognized as a COM port and then I just select AVRISP MKII as the programmer?

Thank you in advance for the help, it's very appreciated.

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The simplest solution is to install AVR Studio, which among other things will install all of the drivers needed to use the AVRISP mk2

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I should add that I want to be able to use the arduino IDE to program

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Once you have the drivers installed from AVR Studio, the Arduino IDE should work for programming with the AVR ISP MKII

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when I install those drivers I get the message

"avrdude: usbdev_open(): did not find any USB device "usb" "

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awwende:
when I install those drivers I get the message

"avrdude: usbdev_open(): did not find any USB device "usb" "

Don't install the "drivers" install AVR Studio (without first plugging in the AVRISP). Plug the AVRISP into a usb port. Wait until Windows recognizes the device.

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I removed the drivers and just had AVR Studio 6 installed, plugged it in, Windows found the drivers for me but I still get the same message.

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In that case I would expect the problem to be related to either a security issue with Windows 7 (try running arduino ide as administrator and see if the problem persists), I get the same message on my Ubuntu machine unless I run the IDE with superuser privileges...

If admin works, a google search should turn up instructions on how to fix the permissions on your OS...