Windows 10: Legacy Drivers

I recently purchased a new laptop that's now running Windows 11 and installed my previously purchased copy of Adobe Premiere Elements 11. Imagine my surprise when I found that, unlike with my old Windows 7 laptop, I was unable to connect my SONY camcorder to the new laptop using a firewire cable.! Searching through the Internet I discovered that apparently Windows 11 does not come with the firewire driver.My question therefore is:- where can I find, download and install the missing driver? Thank you,

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missing camcorder imaging device "drivers"

It looks like the manufacturer of the device you're trying to install didn't release drivers to Windows 10.

As a workaround, we suggest that you contact your manufacturer and ask for the legacy drivers of the device for Windows 7. Once you have the file of the drivers, right-click on it and choose
Extract. Once done, add it as a legacy driver. To do so, see the steps below:

• Go to Device Manager > Action > Add legacy hardware. Follow the virtual steps to add a hardware.
• Once done, it will show you the common hardware types; then, choose IEEE 1394 host controllers.
• After choosing IEEE 1394 host controllers, it will show you the page to select the manufacturer and model of your hardware.
• To choose for the legacy driver you've extracted, click Have Disk >
  Browse. Now it will show you the window to locate the file.

Let us know what happens after doing the suggestions above.

 

Unable to install IEEE 1394 legacy driver on Windows 10

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

1. Since when are you facing this issue?
   
2. Have you recently made any changes on the device prior to this issue?
   
3. Which version of Windows Operating system is running on your device?
   
4. Is your computer connected to domain network?
   

This issue might be occurring possibly due to below mentioned reasons.

1. It seems like you do not have the IEEE 1394 Host Controller plugged in properly, otherwise Windows would be able to detect it (and show "Unknown Device").
   
2. Windows installed the wrong driver, thus it is appearing in a different name thus you can't use it.
   

What I would suggest is, download the IEEE 1394 Host Controller device from the manufacturer's website, and run the Setup file there. It should replace the wrongly installed driver.

You may also refer the suggestions from
Wei Mao (MSFT) dated, July 30, 2015
regarding the installation of FireWire Legacy drivers.

Please refer this blog
from Microsoft for more information.

Hope it helps.

Muralidhar

Microsoft Community Moderator

 

Teredo Tunneling Adapter does not show up as a legacy MS driver. How can I download it?

I'm unable to use Teredo for parties--it is not installed. I've followed the directions to download the adapter, but it is not available as a legacy driver I can download. I have Windows 10. Any suggestions on where I can get a copy of it or other steps
to take? Thanks.