Yeah sure.
No problem
So click
Ctrl panel>system>hardware>Devicemanager>Scroll down to human interface devises>Find something that has infrared in it>click that>hit uninstall.
Now console should work.
BEWARE
Windows reinstalls the infrared transceiver every time you restart
I don't have any of these options under Control Panel. Maybe this is for Vista? (~ also does nothing for me)