# Trouble installing Windows Driver **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [March 16, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/trouble-installing-windows-driver/30552 "2017-03-16T01:48:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anthony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Anthony](https://community.particle.io/u/Anthony)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/trouble-installing-windows-driver/30552/1 "2017-03-16T01:48:56Z")
I’ve got several photons and there are 3 of them that are blinking an orange color. So I thought I’d plug them in and try to reset them. I’m running Windows 7 which I do most of my development work on. I tried to install the windows driver and it installed okay but when I plugged in the Photon, it said the driver was not detected. I tried a manual install but to no avail I couldn’t find the inf file anywhere. So I reinstalled it again. It did it again. I then went and got my Windows 7 computer that was on the 3D Printer and installed the same driver… and it did the exact same thing. I like to pride myself as being fairly capable developer but for some reason I can’t get this driver installed. I’ve gone through the tips and read about placing it in DFU mode but the DFU utility can’t detect a USB DFU compliant port. I’m in a corner. Anyone with any ideas of where to get the drivers so I can manually install them? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![ScruffR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/scruffr/32/6952_2.png) [@ScruffR](https://community.particle.io/u/ScruffR)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 6:55am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/trouble-installing-windows-driver/30552/2 "2017-03-16T06:55:23Z")
Excuse the dumb suggestion, but can you try another USB cable (if you haven’t already)? Can you post a video of your blinking codes?