LABVIEW NXT LEGO firmware problem

hi everybody
i am trying to connect LEGO NXT mindstorm robot with labview, i installed the latest version of LABVIEW toolkit. but when i tried to connect the NXT it gives me this error which i dont understand why, because i have latest version of toolkit installed in my PC with LABVIEW 8.6, and the upgraded firmware in NXT i.e 1.05 . even though i tried with 1.04 and 1.02 but it is still giving me the same error(attached). some one has idea whats wrong on my side?
thanks
looking forward
Regards
hussain..
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The latest NXT toolkit release is 2.0, which has been posted recently. If you are using this version of the toolkit, the firware version should be 1.26. If you have installed NXT toolkit 2.0, you can update your firmware to 1.26 using Tools>>NXT Modules>>Update firmware.
To download 2.0, please follow the instructures on this page:
http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/4435
Please let us know if this solves the problem.

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