I been learning how to program PICs such as the P16F84A in school lately and been really enjoying it. We have Windows XP and use CDlite and PBC 1.45 currently and the software works fine.

I wanted to expand and decided to purchase what I needed to learn away from school since this is my final semester. I bought the Melabs U2 Programmer and am using PicBasic Compiler. Problem is I use Vista 64 bit at home. The programmer works fine and can read and write to the PICs. I just cannot compile with the current version of PicBasic. I get compatiablity error and am asked to get a 64 bit version. I have tried different compatiability modes but I don't think that will help since its 16bit.

Anyone know of a work-a-round other than installing WinXP? Is there a newer version of a PIC compiler out there? Also looking to set up assembly and C++ compiling too.