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More info?)
Hey Nathan,
Thanks for that info on the #2 thing. LOL
There are pictures on the camera, in fact it is full, I want all the
pictures. Perhaps that is the problem... the camera memory is full ?
As far as taking a picture through win xp.. which you didn't say but you
made me think of that,...tried that but only a blank image gets stored
locally.
Good one eh !
"Nathan McNulty" wrote:
> Well, good news first is that the #2 just means that XP has installed
> that device twice. This can happen if you removed the device from
> Device Manager and then reinstalled it or if you installed the
> software/drivers twice. It does not mean that there are 2 instances of
> the device loaded and should not cause any problems. You can manually
> change what it says in the registry, but that is more work than it's worth.
>
> As for getting it to show pictures, are there actually pictures on the
> camera? Take some pictures, when you connect it, XP should show the
> camrea as a removable disk in My Computer. You should be able to browse
> in there and find the pictures.
>
> ----
> Nathan McNulty
>
> P wrote:
> > Hey Nathan,
> >
> > Thanks for the reply,
> > I tried that and the camera does not appear in My Computer at all. When I
> > removed all related drivers and software and rebooted. Then plugged in the
> > camera the found new hardware wizard installs drivers. It is then visible
> > in My Computer. Trying to explore in or open it windows reports no pictures
> > found.
> > No new drivers are available. Thought maybe it was a firewall issue
> > thinking it was running a local server or something but shutting down the
> > firwall made no difference. The only thing that I find strange is that it did
> > work once, My friend managed to get it going somehow, he doesn't know now.
> > Also the camera appears as "Concord EyeQ Duo LCD USB Video Capture V1.00 #2"
> > Notice the "#2". So I'm thing there are 2 instances of the device loaded,
> > but I can't find any other instances.
> > Do you know any other places to find acive devices other than Hardware
> > Manager ?
> >
> > "Nathan McNulty" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Not sure about that specific camera, but on mine there is a "Take Photo
> >>Mode" and a "View Photo Mode". These modes I am talking about are when
> >>you have the camera out in the woods taking pictures (not when connected
> >>to the computer). You should not need software to connect the camera to
> >>the computer. Instead, you should set it to the View Photo Mode, plug
> >>it into the computer, and XP should automatically recognize it and put
> >>it in My Computer as a Removable Disk.
> >>
> >>----
> >>Nathan McNulty
> >>
> >>
> >>P wrote:
> >>
> >>>Does anyone know if there is something I am missing here.
> >>>Trying yo retrieve pictures from my digital camera.
> >>>i have uninstalled and reinstalled the Concord software.
> >>>All regular sevices are running.
> >>>When accessing the camera all that you can do is take a picture.
> >>>There are pictures on the camera.
> >>>The OS is seeign the camera, etc, etc.....
> >>>Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >>
>