photos >> XP camera wizard not working anymore.
by Yves Alarie » Mon, 12 Jun 2006 04:12:41 GMT
ome suggestions below.
Repair for Camera (or card reader) Autoplay window (or Wizard) March
21, 2005
A. Interferences due to software on your computer
If you installed Real Player 10, this is a likely culprit preventing XP to
automatically recognize the camera or card reader and open the Autoplay
window.
You will have to uninstall Real Player and maybe do something else as
described below. After you uninstall Real Player 10, reboot your computer
and then try with your camera or card reader again.
If you do not want to uninstall RealPlayer, you can go around it and still
get Autoplay, as given below:
Open Real Player. Go to Tools then Preferences.
Click on Automated Services and then Disable Message Center and Auto
updates. Reboot your computer and then try with your camera or card reader
again.
Note. On March 21, 2005 I had to update my old Real Player 7 to 10 (now
version 10.5) to download something from the Internet. After installing I
checked with a card in my camera and then with the card reader. No problem
opening the camera or card reader as a drive and listing the options in the
opening Autoplay window. So maybe all you have to do is update to 10.5 to
solve the problem.
Also, if you are on XP SP2, there is interference from early versions of
Nero and Incd (both are used to burn to CD) installed when you purchased
your computer (even if you have never used them). Uninstall Incd and update
Nero from here:
http://ww2.nero.com/us/Support_News_Service_Pack_2_Inquiries.html
and reboot after updating
B. Several ways to download your pictures, from your camera or card reader.
Before you connect your camera to your computer, make sure you have enough
battery power or better yet use your AC connector if your camera came with
one. Then, check your camera manual. With most cameras you simply power
them on and set them to take pictures, with some you need to set them to
something like connect to PC or set PTP. After connecting your camera to
your computer via a USB cable, power the camera on and wait about 15-20
seconds for XP to recognize the camera, you will hear some sound "ding-dong"
and the LCD screen on your camera will change (the change is dependent on
the type of camera you have) and you are now ready to transfer, even if the
Autoplay window does not open automatically. If you do not hear a sound or
the LCD screen of your camera does not change, the connection with the USB
port is not correct. Go to the bottom of these directions to repair the USB
connection (even if you hear the sound, the USB connection may need repair).
After you hear the sound:
1. Open My Computer, look under Devices with removable storage. Your camera
(or card reader) will be listed there as an external drive with a drive
letter E, F, G or H (probably listed below your CD drive). Right click on
your camera listed as an external drive. A menu will open, click on Autoplay
listed on the opening menu. This should open the Autoplay window to download
your photos the same way as when the Autoplay window opens automatically
when you connect your camera.
If you want to keep Real Player 10, this would be another way to do it. The
Autoplay will not open when you connect your camera but you can still get
the Autoplay from your camera listed as an external drive.
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2. Open My Computer, l