Hi All!
I have a PICSTART PLUS programmer I have had for years and I love it! Now it has developed a strange problem after upgrading to Windows 7. You can erase a PIC, load your program in MPLAB it will start to program the PIC and then after a few seconds the power LED and "Active" led both go out! There is still power to the programmer so I know its not the power supply so I am wondering if this has something to do with windows 7 or if it is time for a new programmer? I work with PICs up to 40 pins and love the ZIF socket. Just wondering if anyone has any ideas or suggestions as to weather I need to replace the programmer and if so which programmer to choose or if it is a windows 7 problem?

Thanks, Ed