TSGL: Digital Camera

[Al]

I tried uninstalling/deleting the driver that's
left over from W98, I also went into the Registry Editor and deleted 
everything with Olympus, but I get the same thing, or I should say I don't 
get anything.

Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "H Davis" <hdavis1 at gmail.com>
To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Digital Camera


> 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 -
>>
>> Try the Compatibility Wizard at Accessorries in All  Programs.
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>> 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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