Mini VCI & Techstream 10.10.018 Question

i just got a mini vci cable too.

i think the code is a like a "valid license code" that you paid for.

the software on the disc is, to my understanding, free to download, but to actually run it, you need a valid license code, which you must acquire.

hope this helps,
aaroncv3

 

probably with the code that they acquired. emphasis on acquired.

 

i haven't yet tried. i want to, soon, i just got sidetracked with more pressing matters.

 

you just got 3 responses in 10 minutes and you're bumping the thread?

if you want to use software without paying for it, my suggestion is to google it, because you won't find that sort of help in this forum.

 

I am using XP version but I do not recall any codes to be entered.
Suggest check comments in Amazon and post here exactly what product you got on Amazon, so we can click on it and see what it says.

I don't quite understand how the Techstream/miniVCI is distributed but it seems to be ad hoc with differing quality from each little supplier. When I got mine I decided to skip Amazon and go to seller on EBay but that was a few six months back and Amazon did not have the version 10 at the time.

Maybe there was a code during set up but if so the documentation covered that

 

if you bought the cable on Amazon, even though it includes a disc, you didn't buy the software. you bought the cable and a CD-R that the seller made with a copy of the software on it. you still need a legitimate license code, which is certainly more than the $30 or so that you spent on Amazon.

i'm telling you that this forum cannot help you get a code without actually buying a valid code.

i'm sure there's plenty of help with actually using the software, once up and running, in this forum.

but like i said, nobody here can tell you how to get a code without buying it from Toyota or an authorized representative.

also, there's no need to bump an active thread. its already bumping itself. bump just means to bring a dormant thread back to the top of the list.

i hope this answers your questions.

 

the article you linked looks like it tells you exactly how to use the software without paying for it.

the method in that article is software piracy, and not the legitimate means of getting it going.

 

Well lots of negative reviews if you sort on most recent (August 2016)

My impression is there was lots of success with the older XP version, but the Win 7/8/10 version generally requires some work. I had a Vista desktop but it turned out it really had XP on it, so I never had to get into Win 7+ issues. My Ebay vendor gave some Win7+ installation help software, but I did not try it yet. On top of that, the "fly by nights" may have bad solder joints in the VCI.

 

look, man. i'm not trying to be rude or off-putting, and you don't need to repeat yourself to me.

my actual suggestion to get the software running "properly" is to buy it from Toyota. that's just all there is to it.

best of luck

 

...my approach was to use older unused desktop PC as a guinea pig. I was given two sets of Techstream on the disk - one for XP and one for Win7+. So unfortunately the old machine had XP on it, so I did not learn how to do Win7 yet.

 

...but to my knowledge, nobody here is doing that (Toyota version). I am under the impression that is enormously expensive. Everyone here is using EBay or Amazon type copy $25-$35 range XP version on older PC or they are saavy enough to get the drivers working on Win7+...I do not understand why they can sell it, but they do