x-rite Eye One Display 2 with Windows 8 - am I just out of luck?

<p>When I get on x-rite's website, the implication is that the last round of software they made for the Eye One Display 2 puck is for Windows 7. Anybody been able to get one to work with Windows 8? I just got a new Win8 laptop, and it won't even recognize that I've connected the Eye One device. x-rite website says I have to get the Eye One Display Pro or Color Munki. Really? Surely the people at x-rite are smart enough to write drivers for Windows 8? Surely? This couldn't just be greed at work, forcing me to buy more hardware, could it? </p>

<p>Jim, have you tried running it in compatibility mode? <br>

<a href="https://www.google.ca/search?q=windows+8+compatibility+mode&oq=windows+8+compatibility+mode&aqs=chrome.0.57j0l3.7775j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8">https://www.google.ca/search?q=windows+8+compatibility+mode&oq=windows+8+compatibility+mode&aqs=chrome.0.57j0l3.7775j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8</a></p>

<p>Provided the i1d2 shows up as something or other in device manager when you plug it in, you might try this: Create a new folder, say, on your desktop. Unpack the i1d2 exe file for Windows 7 into this folder using Winrar, or a similar program. In device manager right click on the relevant device and search for drivers. Point Windows to the folder you`ve just created. Voila! Drivers install enabling the computer to recognize the puck and the program to run. (At least this worked for me when I had similar problems with an old scanner and win8.)</p>

<p>Don't know if you're still having problems but I can give my own experience of the i1D2 and Win 8 64 bit. No problems of recognition or using the puck, I have iMatch 3.6.2 installed and after connecting the puck's USB and then launching the software it all functions as it did on Win 7 and Win XP.</p>

<p>You have installed the iMatch software haven't you?</p>

<p>Sorry so late to respond, gang. I updated from 3.6.1 to 3.6.2 (PC), and now my laptop recognises the puck, and I'm in the middle of a calibration right now. The first two times I attempted to download the latest driver, the file got corrupted, but this may be because I was clicking on the update button from within Eye One Match. But for the third attempt, I closed the program and went directly to X-Rite's website. The driver downloaded fine that time, and that's the version I'm using now. <br>

<br />Thanks for the advice and encouragement. That was all I needed to keep trying things - to know that someone had figured it out. <br>

Cheers, <br>

Jim </p>