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I have tried a "clean start" following these instructions by Dhauzimmer found at FrenchToast's web site: Still no joy but I do feel like I am getting familiar with what is involved with this whole driver installation process. I can't believe that I am the first person trying to get these older/unsigned drivers to work under a newer windows OS. You can rest assured that when I finally do have the solution it will documented here for the benefit of others.

A little more diagnostic information gleaned from inspecting the event log for this device: Saitek X45 Flight Controller D-USB As I understand things an exit status of zero is the desired result.

Has any Windows 8 user succesfully installed Dhauzimmer's v2.106 drivers for the Saitek X36 and X45 flight controller? I followed these instructions for disabling driver signature enforcement to allow the instalation of Dhauzimmer's unsigned drivers .... .... but during instalation the following error is reported: Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install it. Saitek X45 Flight Controller D-USB This device cannot start. (Code 10) I've tried uninstalling the device and drivers and then re-installing. I've tried rebooting (always disabling driver signature enforcement) after the error appears but the error persists. Inspecting the driver details confirms that v2.106 of x36f.sys has been installed at C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\x36f.sys The hardware is functioning OK using either the default (signed) drivers that windows locates or the latest (signed) drivers from Saitek/MadCatz. Of course the problem with using signed drivers from Saitek is that the Saitek/MadCatz Smart Technology programming software is as useless in 2013 as it was in 2003. My host machine is a Dell Inspiron 17R SE running 64-bit Windows 8.