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XP Doesn't Recognize Camera, etc.
The morning after a storm a couple weeks ago my unit wouldn't start and
showed a message explaining something about a missing registry entry. The CompuDoc came in but couldn't restore the missing registry entry so he wiped the disc and reinstalled most everything. All went well except the first time I tried to download pics from my camera. The unit no longer recognized my camera when I pluged it in. When I called the CompuDoc, we discovered he failed to turn on one of the necessary drivers. He talked me thru that but it didn't help the camers situ. Since then I've discovered when I select Save As then click My Computer it takes 30 seconds of searching to find and open it. Once open navigation within My Computer is normal. If I close then reopen My Computer it takes another 30 seconds. In addition, I plugged my flash drive into a usb port. Once plugged in the flash drive shows up in My Computer. When I was ready to remove it, the Remove Safely icon is no longer in the system tray. This unit has Windows XP. I never can remember how to find out what version so I can't provide that info right now. It would be nice to get my unit to recognize my camera and to speed up My Computer and the Save As function. Has anyone ever experienced something like this before? All ideas, comments, and suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, K. |
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XP Doesn't Recognize Camera, etc.
what likely happened
is that while there was reading and writing to the registry file, the computer lost power. thus the registry became corrupted and the system was unable to restart as normal. however, there is a 2 step process that entails accessing a basic registry file to replace the corrupted one. then windows will launch again. then inside the basic desktop, one can look for a more up to date registry to replace the basic one to bring windows back to its functionality again. and if the above was too complicated for the Doc, then a "repair installation" with the windows cd would have repaired the operating system without formatting and a full install. instead the CompuDoc may have chosen to perform a lobotomy and charge you brain surgery fees on your system. --------------- unfortunately, it is impossible to know from our end what all was installed on your system. perhaps the antivirals are actively scanning your directories, thus the delay. i think you should get the "quack" back in. ----------------- if you want to focus on the camera, you may have to visit it's homesite and look up troubleshooting facts and maybe download updates, which may have been lost with the reinstallation of windows. also, you might want to see if the camera people provide assistance via email or toll free number. -- db·´¯`·...¸)))º "K" wrote in message ... The morning after a storm a couple weeks ago my unit wouldn't start and showed a message explaining something about a missing registry entry. The CompuDoc came in but couldn't restore the missing registry entry so he wiped the disc and reinstalled most everything. All went well except the first time I tried to download pics from my camera. The unit no longer recognized my camera when I pluged it in. When I called the CompuDoc, we discovered he failed to turn on one of the necessary drivers. He talked me thru that but it didn't help the camers situ. Since then I've discovered when I select Save As then click My Computer it takes 30 seconds of searching to find and open it. Once open navigation within My Computer is normal. If I close then reopen My Computer it takes another 30 seconds. In addition, I plugged my flash drive into a usb port. Once plugged in the flash drive shows up in My Computer. When I was ready to remove it, the Remove Safely icon is no longer in the system tray. This unit has Windows XP. I never can remember how to find out what version so I can't provide that info right now. It would be nice to get my unit to recognize my camera and to speed up My Computer and the Save As function. Has anyone ever experienced something like this before? All ideas, comments, and suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, K. |
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XP Doesn't Recognize Camera, etc.
Thanks - lots of stuff to consider. Appreciate the help. K.
"db.·.. ))) ·` .. ." wrote: what likely happened is that while there was reading and writing to the registry file, the computer lost power. thus the registry became corrupted and the system was unable to restart as normal. however, there is a 2 step process that entails accessing a basic registry file to replace the corrupted one. then windows will launch again. then inside the basic desktop, one can look for a more up to date registry to replace the basic one to bring windows back to its functionality again. and if the above was too complicated for the Doc, then a "repair installation" with the windows cd would have repaired the operating system without formatting and a full install. instead the CompuDoc may have chosen to perform a lobotomy and charge you brain surgery fees on your system. --------------- unfortunately, it is impossible to know from our end what all was installed on your system. perhaps the antivirals are actively scanning your directories, thus the delay. i think you should get the "quack" back in. ----------------- if you want to focus on the camera, you may have to visit it's homesite and look up troubleshooting facts and maybe download updates, which may have been lost with the reinstallation of windows. also, you might want to see if the camera people provide assistance via email or toll free number. -- db·´¯`·...¸)))º "K" wrote in message ... The morning after a storm a couple weeks ago my unit wouldn't start and showed a message explaining something about a missing registry entry. The CompuDoc came in but couldn't restore the missing registry entry so he wiped the disc and reinstalled most everything. All went well except the first time I tried to download pics from my camera. The unit no longer recognized my camera when I pluged it in. When I called the CompuDoc, we discovered he failed to turn on one of the necessary drivers. He talked me thru that but it didn't help the camers situ. Since then I've discovered when I select Save As then click My Computer it takes 30 seconds of searching to find and open it. Once open navigation within My Computer is normal. If I close then reopen My Computer it takes another 30 seconds. In addition, I plugged my flash drive into a usb port. Once plugged in the flash drive shows up in My Computer. When I was ready to remove it, the Remove Safely icon is no longer in the system tray. This unit has Windows XP. I never can remember how to find out what version so I can't provide that info right now. It would be nice to get my unit to recognize my camera and to speed up My Computer and the Save As function. Has anyone ever experienced something like this before? All ideas, comments, and suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, K. |
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