thanks for that update Rikki, We may yet find that your information is correct and will have to delete technics to install Yamaha. I hope not because I will have both keyboards.

Bill Abacus.
Your driver arrived here but it was marked a virus by Mail Washer and even though I made your addy a Friend it would still not download it from the server and in fact deleted it.
However...........
I finally got an email from my complaint to Yamaha mailed last Thursday the 10th and they sent me a url for a website where I downloaded a new driver that is 2.1.6 and was just released on the 7th of NOV.
I will let you know if this works or not.
LATER: I did everything exactly as you said and installed the new 2.1.6 and absolutely nothing changed. It is installed, it is enabled but it doesn't function.
Gone to supper
thanks for your help,
Bebop

[This message has been edited by BEBOP (edited 11-14-2005).]