This section provides installation information, specific to IEEE 1394 device drivers in Microsoft Windows 2000 and later operating systems.
Apparently Windows 7 has trouble dealing with firewire, but there's a fix: go to the Device. 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller (old version).
Vendors supplying their own IEEE 1394 device driver should make that driver a member of the Base setup class in the INF Version Section of the driver's INF file. For example:
There are no other special requirements associated with installing IEEE 1394 device drivers.
For general information about device installation in Windows 2000 and later operating systems, see Device Installation Overview.