Can't find USB blaster in programmer (DE1)

[Altera_Forum]

Hi, 

I just bought the DE1 board, and I'm totally lost... I try to program it with one of the demonstration I got with my cd, but in the 'Add Hardware' in the programmer I can find only MaterBlaster and EthernetBlaster. I had HUGE problems installing the USB blaster driver (have Bista 64, if it matters), because it installed me a USB-SERIAL converter driver and not the USB blaster. Eventually, I have succeeded in installing the USB driver and in the device manager, whenever I setup the DE1 and put its USB in my PC I see - USB blaster (I had success in doing so, only after had I 'told' my vista to show me ALL the drivers it has in my comp, and then chose the Altera Usb Blaster).   BUT, still, in the programmer there are only 2 choices: MaterBlaster and EthernetBlaster. This board is a provate one, and I have it for less than 24 hrs....  I'm so dippressed. ANy ideas??? Roy

[Altera_Forum]

Altera USB-Blaster driver cannot be installed on Vista 64. On 64-bit Vista all drivers must be digitally signed. Unfortunately, Altera did not sign the driver, moreover, it broke the original FTDI signature (USB-Blaster driver is just a renamed ftd2xx driver from FTDI Ltd).

[Altera_Forum]

UPDATE! See this thread: http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6551