I am also getting similar problem and I don't think people who have posted at several thread are wrong. Definitely there is an issue with EOS Utility. See screen shot of my system.
Sir, Refer to the following link where I created a thread and in tat thread almost everyone confirmed that there are issues with EOS Utility not detecting Cameras on Windows 8, particularly 64 bit OS. http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.ph...