To summarize the issue here. Using bootcamp on a Mac is a problem for me7eeprom.exe. And might be an issue for nefmoto flasher too. Mac bootcamp windows and command prompt for access to communication ports don't agree. I'm sure there's a way around it (or is there?), but quite honestly XP laptops are cheap and Windows 7 laptops are pretty cheap and work well with most of this stuff given that most of the programs were probably designed on these platforms.
so.. after 6 months and a broken timing belt plus a new computer and a refresh of everything i learned the first go around on nefmoto was finally able to take a read on my "practice" ecu that i bailed on the first time around..
i def need to do a recap soo that i can give back to others that might be in my situation...
it literally took me 2 days figuring out how the fuck i installed nefmoto flasher the first time around on the mac pro. i thought i remembered doing it on the command prompt... SMH