Saturday, April 12, 2014

How to install Logitech IO2 Digital Pen on Windows 8 64bit

I would bang my head how to make my digital pen to work again!

I tried several methods but apparently because the drivers are 32bit and my windows installation is 64bit, there is only one solution.

That I found it here: http://newbiewrench.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/logitech-i02-digital-pen-and-windows-7.html

It was originally suggested for windows 7 but I just tried on windows 8 and it also works like a charm!

Logitech IO2 Digital Pen and Windows 7 can work together

Windows 7 allows running old XP devices in a XP virtual machine.   You can download MS' virtual pc with XP mode here.  The magic in getting this to work is to have your Logitech IO2 digital pen in the cradle and have the cradle plugged in to your Windows 7 usb port at the time you install the virtual machine and install XP from a XP CD.  After you do all the usual updating of XP w/in the virtual machine, you can download logitech's last (RIP) driver for the IO2 digital pen here.  Press the 'External Mirror 1' link to download.   Also, be sure to click the 'USB' down arrow in the upper left hand area.  You'll see 'Digital Pen' as one of the USB devices.  Click the gray area to the left of that entry to activate that USB device so that virtual XP can see it.   That one cost me much head banging.

Here's a screen shot of my I)2 pen uploading 5 pages to the virtual XP machine running on Win 7.


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