computer help: my computer won’t “recognize” my camera, so i can’t upload my pictures.

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my computer won’t “recognize” my camera, so i can’t upload my pictures.

it’s actually my mom’s camera, and my memory card, and i took the pictures on a different camera…but it has always worked before. now today i tried it, and a box popped up that said “the computer cannot detect the scanner or camera, please make sure the device is turned on and is properly connected to the computer” - what can i do to make it work???

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Ξ.Ģäβž.Ξ 1 #
An Unknown Location | 11 months, 1 week ago (1 minute after post)

Sometimes it can be as simple as shutting down your PC and re starting. It seems to reset program files when you do that.

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An Unknown Location | 11 months, 1 week ago (2 minutes after post)

ok i’ll try that. any suggestions if that doesn’t work?

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An Unknown Location | 11 months, 1 week ago (8 minutes after post)

that didn’t work!! now what? :(

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An Unknown Location | 11 months, 1 week ago (11 minutes after post)

Do you have any software for this camera ? It would be so much easier to get your PC to recognise it if you did.

If it is already installed, try uninstalling and reinstalling it. there seems to be files missing or something

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An Unknown Location | 11 months, 1 week ago (12 minutes after post)

Are you using Vista ?

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An Unknown Location | 11 months, 1 week ago (34 minutes after post)

i don’t have the software. :/

and no, i’m not using vista.
it’s windows xp.

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An Unknown Location | 11 months ago (20 hours, 20 minutes after post)

Hi Divedeep, sometimes you can treat the camera just as an external drive and get the pictures that way.

Just hook up the camera to the computer with a USB and go to my computer… see if there is another external drive listed there and then open it. The pictures should be in one of the files on that drive.

Another alternative is to take out the memory stick/card and get the computer to read it with a card reader.

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An Unknown Location | 11 months ago (3 days, 9 hours after post)

Life_Can_Be_Hard wrote:
Are you using Vista ?

i am having the same problem but i AM using vista … what could be the problemm..?

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An Unknown Location | 11 months ago (5 days, 17 hours after post)

Whats the name brand and specific model of your camera? Go to that manufacture’s website and find the drivers for that specific model. Make sure the drivers are for vista and not windows XP. If you cant find the drivers that way just go to google.com type the name brand and specific model of your camera at the google search + add to that “vista drivers” without the parenthesis. Then search the search results at google for a website that has drivers for your specific camera. Drivers for Vista not windows XP.

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An Unknown Location | 11 months ago (6 days, 11 hours after post)

2 things one ur camera probably came with a cd if it did install it if not search on google your camera model and put driver on the end with a space because drivers are quite often needed for the camera to be recognized

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An Unknown Location | 9 months, 3 weeks ago (1 month, 2 weeks after post)

Try a different Current USB Cable… another USB port or another Computer.
Did you update your usb drivers lately?

If still no good… You can send the Memory card to these guys http://www.epicdatarecovery.com and they’ll get your pics out.

Sometimes if you connect a lot of different USB gear it clogs your system’s USB device list.. and you may need to clear it.

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An Unknown Location | 6 months, 2 weeks ago (4 months, 2 weeks after post)

hi, ive got a small problem too.
i just bought this “vivanco USB 2.0 38 in 1″ external card reader and i just cant get my computer to recognize it.Does anyone have any ideas? It has no CD,no software to make the computer recognize it. It isnt supose to need it.
I also tried to DOWNLOAD a good software for it but still…
NO GOOD.

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An Unknown Location | 4 months, 1 week ago (6 months, 3 weeks after post)

see if there is a bios update for your computer, or a usb update… both or these updates can be downloaded usually from the maker of the product. If it is a no name computer look inside and there will be a number on the main board typer that into Google and it will give you the maker of the motherboard which holds the bios. Look for the Bios name and then you can find the update for the bios…

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