Kodi 17.1 and the Pulse-Eight USB-CEC Adapter

Hi!

I am on a Windows 7 Pro machine, running Kodi 17.1 (on a Panasonic TV).

Until now, with Kodi 15 and 16, my USB-CEC Adapter worked flawlessly. I could use my TV’s remote to control Kodi + the volume and even turn off the whole system after watching TV.

After updating to Kodi 17.1 (which also included a lot of Windows Upgrades, because Kodi 17.1 wouldn’t install otherwise), all of the sudden, the USB-CEC Adapter is no longer recognized by Kodi. The pop-up that used to appear doesn’t show up, the USB-CEC Adapter doesn’t show up in Input-Peripherals, and of course, nothing happens, when I try to control Kodi with the remote.

The only thing that happens is the typical “USB device unplugged” sound if I unplug it and the “USB device plugged in” sound, if I plug it in again.

What can I do?

Thanks!