Answers.Body: <p>I believe that you need to run the Mindstorms Education program in Compatability mode.</p>
  
  <p>The easiest way to do this is to:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Right click on the Mindstorms shortcut on either your start menu or desktop and select "Properties".</li>
  <li>Switch to the "Compatability" tab.</li>
  <li>Check the "Run in Compatability mode", and from the drop down that is then enabled select "Windows XP (Service Pack 3)".</li>
  <li>Ok out of the dialog.</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>That should solve your problem.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: I tried the above but still couldn't make Bluetooth connect on a Win7-32 laptop, although the connection was working fine to a Mac (I would have stayed with the Mac but wanted to use Robot-C which is PC only). The error was -142016, I think.
  I then tried a connection with the USB cable (which worked); after that the Bluetooth connection also worked. It didn't need compatibility mode settings.
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Answers.Text: If you have any further details of what you're running, and what sort of errors you're getting we might be able to help further?
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Body: <p>Using Mindstorms education 2.0 on a Windows 7 computer I can't seem to get the program to see the NXT via USB or bluetooth dongle.</p>
  
  <p>When connected by USB nothing appears in the NXT window with device turned on.  When downloading a program, error code: -142023 is thrown.  Cannot connect to NXT device</p>
  
  <p>When connected by bluetooth the NXT device shows in the NXT window as available until I try the connect button.  The standard serial over bluetooth is created and a COM is opened but then the error code: -142023 is displayed.  Cannot connect to the NXT device</p>
  
  <p>Other things I have tried:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>NXT works with multiple cords on other computers but not on one other windows 7 </li>
  <li>Computer security settings have been decreased to allow devices to talk to programs</li>
  <li>removing and reloading program</li>
  </ul>
  
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Comments.Text: Have you tried running the Mindstorms application in Compatibility Mode? Right-click on the shortcut, and click into the "Compatibility" tab, and set it to run as Windows XP (Service Pack 3).
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Comments.Text: I'll add it as an answer for you to accept then ;)
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Tags: <nxt><mindstorms><programming>
Title: Mindstorms 2.0 can't download to NXT brick with error 142023
UserDisplayName: jr martin
ThreadText: # Mindstorms 2.0 can't download to NXT brick with error 142023
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2012-02-02)
  
  Using Mindstorms education 2.0 on a Windows 7 computer I can't seem to get the program to see the NXT via USB or bluetooth dongle.
  
  When connected by USB nothing appears in the NXT window with device turned on. When downloading a program, error code: -142023 is thrown. Cannot connect to NXT device
  
  When connected by bluetooth the NXT device shows in the NXT window as available until I try the connect button. The standard serial over bluetooth is created and a COM is opened but then the error code: -142023 is displayed. Cannot connect to the NXT device
  
  Other things I have tried:
  
  * NXT works with multiple cords on other computers but not on one other windows 7
  * Computer security settings have been decreased to allow devices to talk to programs
  * removing and reloading program
  
  **Tags:** nxt, mindstorms, programming
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Have you tried running the Mindstorms application in Compatibility Mode? Right-click on the shortcut, and click into the "Compatibility" tab, and set it to run as Windows XP (Service Pack 3).  
  > **username_1**: I'll add it as an answer for you to accept then ;)  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2012-02-04. Score: 4
  
  I believe that you need to run the Mindstorms Education program in Compatability mode.
  
  The easiest way to do this is to:
  
  1. Right click on the Mindstorms shortcut on either your start menu or desktop and select "Properties".
  2. Switch to the "Compatability" tab.
  3. Check the "Run in Compatability mode", and from the drop down that is then enabled select "Windows XP (Service Pack 3)".
  4. Ok out of the dialog.
  
  That should solve your problem.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: I tried the above but still couldn't make Bluetooth connect on a Win7-32 laptop, although the connection was working fine to a Mac (I would have stayed with the Mac but wanted to use Robot-C which is PC only). The error was -142016, I think. I then tried a connection with the USB cable (which worked); after that the Bluetooth connection also worked. It didn't need compatibility mode settings.  
  > **username_1**: If you have any further details of what you're running, and what sort of errors you're getting we might be able to help further?  
  
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