VAG Com problems

[spoolking]

Just opened my VAg com cable that i recently purchased off ebay and installed the software and then ran the program after setting up the ports as instructed by the read me file, everything seemed to be going fine up until i proced with the auto scan then. I choce mk4 g/b/j from the list and then as it starts trying for address the window fades to a funny white colour which disables any futher use and then appears a smaller window say "VAG-COM has stopped working" any idears?
 
 I run the test and it says:
port status:ok
Interface:found!
 type serial pass- through
opto/iso:no
Ross- tech design: no

port slected is Com4

first couple of times it ran through it fine up till when it started to give me the fault codes then it stops working .

[spoolking]

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[jamie16v]

mine has suddenly stopped working too.. i dont understand it, i have tryed altering the port settings too but that hasnt worked either.

[Jay]

Are you still running it as Administrator in Vista?
Reinstall drivers, check in Device Manager under the device's drivers to see if it's an FTDI, if so download the latest drivers
http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm



@Jamie, Borrow a cable from someone else and see if it works on your laptop, if it does reinstall the drivers and double check the ports again maybe something else is now using that port you had selected.