TSGL: Digital Camera

[H Davis]

Al,

I also have XP, SP2 and have used 2 cameras on it without ANY special 
software from the camera manufacturer. XP should recognize it after a 
second or two as another USB device (assuming you're connecting it to a 
USB port). It will then appear in the Windows Explorer folder tree as 
another device among the disks etc. You can even rename your camera to 
anything you want.

To get the pics from the camera just drag and drop like any other file 
transfer from one folder to another. In this case (as with all similar 
cases where the transfer is from one device to another device, not 
folder to folder on the same device) the transfer is a copy not a move. 
I.E. the source files are not deleted from the camera but are copied to 
the destination you specify.

When the wizard pops up try canceling out of it if possible and see if 
the camera shows up among the other devices in the folder tree of My 
Computer/Windows Explorer.

If all else fails you might try uninstalling/deleting the driver that's 
left over from W98.

No guarantees, of course, as I haven't encountered this problem myself 
and am just speculating here.

HTH

H Davis

EDLYNN wrote:
> Al -
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> Try the Compatibility Wizard at Accessorries in All  Programs.
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> ED
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Al" <alshml at ptd.net>
> To: <list at tsgserver.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 3:05 PM
> Subject: TSGL: Digital Camera
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>> Windows XP Home, SP2.  Before upgrading to XP I had Win98 SE and installed 
>> driver and related software for an Olympus D-540 digital camera I had 
>> purchased. Everything worked fine until I upgraded to XP.  I am unable to 
>> transfer pictures from camera to computer.  When I plug in camera to 
>> computer a window pops up stating "Welcome to the Found new hardware 
>> Wizard."  Inserted Installation disk as requested.  Another window pops up 
>> stating the file "Olpubkcr.sys" is needed.
>>
>> I called Olympus customer support and the rep said Installing the driver 
>> on a computer with XP is not required, but is required for Win98.  He said 
>> the problem resulted from initially installing while I had Win98, and I 
>> would need to reformat the computer .
>>
>> Reformatting seems like a drastic step, any other ideas on what else I 
>> might try as a fix?
>>
>> Al
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