Reply to Traktor Pro crashes before it starts because of VCI-100 firmware?

Hey guys-
I've been using Traktor for a couple of years now and recently upgraded to Pro. This week I [finally] got my VCI-100. It is, without a doubt, firmware 1.1. I plugged it all up, and I haven't gotten any response at all from the VCI. My computer (a HP tablet running Vista) recognizes it, but Traktor isn't taking any of the signal. I grabbed a tsi file from Ean to see if that may solve the problem.
After loading the tsi file, though, nothing changes, but once I leave Traktor Pro, I can't run it again. I get a "Traktor has stopped working" message every time i try to load it up before the program even opens. This continues until I completely uninstall Traktor and reinstall it. Then I'm back to square one... A working program with and still no controller.
Is this a firmware problem, or am I overlooking something silly?