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Add Hardware Wizard Disabled - How to re-enable
I was having some difficulty with my DV camera (connected via firewire), so I
decided to try a different cable. For some reason, Windows decided I was trying to install new hardware and ran the add new hardware wizard. It decided that the new hardware couldn't be installed, and I clicked the "Finish" button - realising too late that the "don't prompt me/try to install this hardware again" box was ticked. So now, even connecting the camera to the old ports with the old cable, Windows doesn't actually identify it. How can I undo the "failed" installation so my computer recognises that I have attached new hardware again? Previously the computer identified the camera no problem. And even now the camera recognises that it's plugged into a PC (the "DV in" symbol appears) - it's just that Windows no longer accepts that it's there. Any help gratefully received. |
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Add Hardware Wizard Disabled - How to re-enable
Hi,
I'm presuming you're using WinXP - if not, you might need to amend my instructions to suit. The 'Add hardware wizard' isnt disabled as such, it just isn't popping up for this particular device any more because you ticked the box. You need to go to start-control panel-system. Click on the 'hardware' tab, then click 'Device manager'. In there you will see a list of all the devices on your system. It is highly likely the camera is already showing, with a little yellow exclamation mark next to it (see below if not). Double click it, and click the 'reinstall driver' button which appears. This will re-launch the hardware wizard for this device. If the camera isn't showing, then Windows is presumably fairly happy with the camera, whether you think it is nor not. To add/update the drivers for it (which I presume is what you're trying to do) you need to locate it in the list by clicking the '+' next to each section until you find it. I'm afraid I don't know which section a Camera would be listed under. HTH, Peter. "JLog" wrote in message ... I was having some difficulty with my DV camera (connected via firewire), so I decided to try a different cable. For some reason, Windows decided I was trying to install new hardware and ran the add new hardware wizard. It decided that the new hardware couldn't be installed, and I clicked the "Finish" button - realising too late that the "don't prompt me/try to install this hardware again" box was ticked. So now, even connecting the camera to the old ports with the old cable, Windows doesn't actually identify it. How can I undo the "failed" installation so my computer recognises that I have attached new hardware again? Previously the computer identified the camera no problem. And even now the camera recognises that it's plugged into a PC (the "DV in" symbol appears) - it's just that Windows no longer accepts that it's there. Any help gratefully received. |
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