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"Cymbal Man Freq." <Don't Bother@ForgedPostsAnonymous.unorg> wrote in
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> "CSM1" <nomoremail@nomail.com> wrote in message
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> | "jay" <jay.dahlke@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> | > When I connect my Olympus of Nikon camera (or card reader) to the
computer
> | > via the USB port I no longer get a little icon in the system tray
(bottom
> | > right of scrreen). This icon is supposed to be used to disconnect the
USB
> | > device once your done.... What do I need to do to get it back? I'm
> | running
> | > Windows ME (part of the problem?)
> | >
> | > I the icon to disconnect appeared and worked for about 2 years.... now
has
> | > gone away. About the same time as I started using a external USB hard
> | > drive.
> | >
> | > Do I even need to use this to disconnect? According to directions
from
> | > cameras and card reader I do...
> | >
> | >
> | > --Jay
> | >
> | >
> | Sounds like the external USB hard drive software interfered with the
camera
> | USB connection.
> |
> | Have you tried to install the camera(s) USB driver again?
> |
> | The information on USB devices is in the register. I have no idea what
to
> | look for.
> |
> | --
> | CSM1
> |
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> I have to connect the USB Olympus camera to my computer (Win 98SE) prior
to
> booting up. Then I have to engage the Camedia software. Transfer images
from the
> camera (using the) software button. The software fails to find the camera
via
> the USB port; then I turn the camera on and the camera gives a rapid
flashing
> amber and green lights as it establishes the USB connection; then I click
retry
> the connection in the software & then thumbnails are downloaded into
Camedia. I
> pick a folder to put the images into, then hit a software button to put
them
> there. When I'm done downloading the images, I close out of Camedia & use
> Irfanview to rotate specific pictures in the new folder. The camera may
turn
> itself off when I leave Camedia, or I may be able to hit the power button
on the
> camera to turn off the camera. However, I need to unplug the camera's USB
port
> after shutting down the computer. Sometimes the USB drivers for the camera
> become broken if I don't unhook after shutdown, then I have to reinstall
the USB
> drivers (for Win 98SE), and I really hate doing that!
>
> I realize the rules for Win ME might be more lax for connecting, but I
keep a
> copy of the cameras' USB drivers (with a shortcut handy) on the hard
drive, so I
> don't have to search for a floppy everytime.
>
> In the winter, I get horrendous electrical shocks from touching the power
button
> on my camera when it is connected to the USB port though! I try to ground
myself
> before touching it by touching something else first, but that seems to be
only a
> partial discharging motion, I still get bad shocks. I get shocks from most
> everything in my apartment when the dewpoint outside is below 0 degrees
C,.....
> even my chair, and I hear it through my stereo system. I touch cold water
coming
> out of the faucet & I get shocked. The water is in mid-air & I get
shocked. The
> camera hasn't died yet from this electrical hazard, but it leaves me
wonderin'
> about losing pictures by taking the media card out of the camera, period.
>
>
You should check in msconfig if Stimon.exe (StillImageMonitor) is being
loaded and run at startup. Stimon.exe is the program in Windows that is
responsible for detecting USB devices connecting and disconnecting.
You can extract Stimon.exe from the Windows 98 SE CD.
You describe a lot of static electricity in your house, do you have carpet
on the floor? A humidifier will put moisture in the house and reduce or
eliminate the static electicity.
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CSM1
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