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Windows Forum / Windows Me / Hardware / December 2003USB Camera not detected
We have an Olympus D-560 Zoom camera that we are trying to get to work with Windows ME. After installing the Camedia software, we plugged in the camera as directed. As expected the "new hardware" wizard popped up and stated that the camera had been found. For some reason we had problems installing the driver and had to quit out of the new hardware wizard. We then rebooted the machine. After starting Windows ME displayed the hardware configuration dialog (with the drum) for about 5 minutes. Ever since we have not been able to get the new hardware wizard to show up. We also have not been able to get the camera recognized at all when it is plugged into the USB port. We have a different camera that we've plugged into the same cable and it pops up the new hardware wizard immediately, so we know the cable is working. So for some reason Windows ME seems to think this camera is installed, but it is not. Does anyone have a suggestion of what we can do to get Windows ME to stop thinking this camera has already been installed and to start over? Thanks in advance for your assistance. Try running System Restore (Start | Programs | Accessories | System Tools \ System Restore) and roll-back to the last time/date BEFORE you installed your camera and software. Reboot a couple of times and then try again. Mart > We have an Olympus D-560 Zoom camera that we are trying to > get to work with Windows ME. After installing the Camedia [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Thanks in advance for your assistance. Thank you for the advice. I will try that as a last resort, but would prefer (even if it requires twiddling the registry) doing something else first if possible. Can't aford to hose the whole machine just for this camera and I don't trust system restore a whole lot. Any other suggestions? Any driver writers out there that can tell me what got tweaked in the registry to make it stop trying to register this camera? Thank you again for the post. I will try Sys Restore as a last resort.. - Drew Although I'm sure that you must have your own reasons for not trusting SR (not to be confused with an OEM recovery disk, which would 'hose' your system!), this type of situation is PRECISELY why SR was introduced into the WinMe (and subsequent) OS's. > ... twiddling the registry is fraught with far more danger - which could likely require resorting to SR anyway! However, you could try uninstalling your camera's software using Add/Remove programs and delete any instances of you camera's hardware - (if any is shown!) and possibly your USB controllers in Device Manage - preferably in Safe Mode. Then reboot and try again. Mart > Thank you for the advice. I will try that as a last > resort, but would prefer (even if it requires twiddling [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > - Drew |
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