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re: Cannot install digital camera
Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 7:16 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ricer46
(19384 messages posted)
The card reader is much easier to use than the camera manufacturer's bloatware. My
friend just bought a new Canon camera, it's software refuses to recognize the presence
of the camera while PaintShop Pro readily does. This is obviously not an XP problem.
I doubt that yours is either; it's more likely poorly written camera software. I've
worked with 4 different cameras now and in every case it was easier and faster to
use a card reader. Add that to the fact that no additional software is required makes
it an easy choice.
On Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 6:11 am, avp217 wrote:
>I usually can figure out a problem by experimenting and/or checking forums, but
this
>one has been driving me crazy for years, and I can't find a solution anywhere.
>
>The problem is, I have a digital camera (Pentax Optio 330, several years old) which
>I cannot install into Windows XP SP2 via USB, so that Windows XP views the camera
>as a removable disk drive. I had no problem installing the drivers into Windows
>98, but after I upgraded to XP, I had the problem. I got a new homebrew computer
>last year and transferred the XP license to it, with no luck. The Found New Hardware
>Wizard dies with
>
>Cannot Install this Hardware
>
>The hardware was not installed because the wizard cannot find the necessary software.
>
>The drivers are the same ones that have been on Pentax's website since the camera
>came out. The usual troubleshooting (update driver, uninstall device, etc.) doesn't
>work.
>
>I have always circumvented this problem by using a card reader, but this means that
>I have to remove and reinstall the CompactFlash memory card in the camera, and I'm
>concerned that the card may be wearing out.
>
>The kicker came when I connected my daughter's camera (a newer one, a Nikon Coolpix)
>to the computer and XP recognized it right away.
>
>I contacted Pentax, who just directed me to reinstall the existing drivers. Then
>I installed a fresh copy of Windows XP into an emulator (QEMU running under Linux),
>and, once I figured out how to get QEMU to present the USB port to the guest operating
>system, connected the camera. Success!
>
>So, I suspect REGISTRY CORRUPTION in my real version of XP. My emulated XP cannot
>by my permanent one (I have to delete it since I can't activate it), and I have
too
>much invested in my real XP to rebuild it on account of this problem. I'm looking
>for a registry fix that will allow it to recognize the camera.
>
>I discovered a file (c:\windows\setupapi.log) that contains messages related to
hardware
>installs, and a registry entry (key, HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup;
>data, LogLevel, data type, REG_DWORD, value, 0xFFFF) to turn on verbose mode in
setupapi.log.
> I have logs for both the successful install (in the emulated machine) and the unsuccessful
>install (in the native machine) if anyone is interested in looking at them.
>
>If you've made it to the end of this post, thanks!
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