It just took me about a half hour to figure this out, so I thought I’d post it here. Now, rather than using DupliVerts to have an emmitter emit objects, its done right in the Particle setup window (F7). In the area where it says visualization, click the drop-down menu that says Point and choose Object, then type the objects name in the text box labeled Ob:. There’s also various other options in the drop-down manu that I have yet to experiment with. Hope this ends up helping some poor soul who’s about to tear out their hair.
you sure helped my poor soul, but too late, I already pulled all my hair out. 
Thnx!
OMG!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! i’ve been lookin at older video tutorials, and it never worked for me