Hei- have been out of the game for some years, but heading back now with Sonar and my beloved console VS-700C.


I see there is no easy way of getting my 700C to work with win 10 (which is already installed) - and have tried some of the tips here on the forum.
I have not upgraded the firmware, and not the drivers - so I wonder where to start. It seems to me that to upgrade the firmware I need to have the new drivers installed, and to install the newest drivers I need to have upgraded the firmware first.  Is that correct - and if so - what do I do? 

Use the 8.1 edit posted in this forum to install on 10. Once installed, you can update the firmware as normal.

I'm actually afraid to upgrade to windows 10 and the latest version of sonar for fear that something else in the VS 700 won't work anymore. So I just sit tight on X3 and widows 8 where I am.

dahjah
I'm actually afraid to upgrade to windows 10 and the latest version of sonar for fear that something else in the VS 700 won't work anymore. So I just sit tight on X3 and widows 8 where I am.

upgrading to Platinum is fine - can't say much about win 10 other than that I stick to win 7 for as long as possible to avoid driver issues

Maybe one of the wonderful VS-700 system users who had a successful driver modification experience to Win10 could put together a step by step tutorial for us non computer programmer types. Then I think I would delve into this a little deeper if it was a little more idiot proof. I don't trust myself to do the driver mod as described. I'd hate to render my tool useless and I would like to reap the benefits of the updated os. Just a suggestion 

keneds
Maybe one of the wonderful VS-700 system users who had a successful driver modification experience to Win10 could put together a step by step tutorial for us non computer programmer types. Then I think I would delve into this a little deeper if it was a little more idiot proof. I don't trust myself to do the driver mod as described. I'd hate to render my tool useless and I would like to reap the benefits of the updated os. Just a suggestion 

It's right here. Really not that hard. You just need to follow the instructions: http://forum.cakewalk.com...-drivers-m3206046.aspx

TerraSin

It's right here. Really not that hard. You just need to follow the instructions: http://forum.cakewalk.com...-drivers-m3206046.aspx


Where should I begin posting my questions, if I take the plunge......I will need some support when I hit a wall, and I would hate to have to wait a day or two for someone to answer a question while I'm trying to work through the issues. And for the record.......I'm a carpenter, not a computer programmer. (Not trying to sound snarky)

Let's start with where my system currently sits. I'm running Windows 7 home premium and the instructions are based from a system running Win 8.1

Correct but you'd be doing this within Windows 10. You'll just get the 8.1 drivers, open up the file in notepad and find where the part is you need to replace with the information posted on that page. The reason is that the 8.1 drivers are the most recent and have the most in common with Windows 10.

Do I uninstall both 700 & 700C drivers?
Do I need to uninstall the I/O Editor?

Step 2 mentions "transferring" my copy of 700 v2.02 to the desktop. Is this just a matter of copying the folder to my desktop?

When modifying the .inf do I include the brackets [ ] shown around the text?

Yes, you should always clean install drivers.
You'll want to keep the I/O Editor installed though.
 
Correct. Move it to the desktop
 
You'll want to copy it exactly as it is, brackets and all. You'll see what it looks like once you open the file in notepad. It's pretty similar.