TabletPC capture problem ? Any ideas ?

I have 2 laptop computers that I use.

I use an OranLink FireWire CardBus, that I move from laptop to laptop.

One has Win 2000 Pro and WinDV, for example, works great. Capture works
every time - no problems whatsoever.

My newer one runs XP Pro - it's a TabletPC from Toshiba (Portege 3500). I
have read that the TabletPC version of XP Pro includes SP1. My other laptop,
running Win 2000 Pro has all the current MS updates installed.

Here is my problem.

First off, my XP Pro laptop would not capture at all, so I started
investigating.

In desperation, I reinstalled XP Pro from the Toshiba recovery CDs and had
the unit in factory condition. Nothing else installed except for the
OrangeLink FireWire driver and WinDV.

With nothing else installed, WinDV captures well. Everything works great
then.

But if I install any or all of the recommend security patches from MS - and
there are several - capture is no longer possible.

It will start capturing for 3-5 seconds, WinDV freezes up and the camera
continues to play the footage.

I have tried and tried to install a select number of patches, but anyone of
them will cause the same problem.

I am unusure of the solution and have not really found the exact same
problem documented anywhere...

By the way, I did try other capturing software (Ulead, Pinnacle Studio and
Win MovieMaker 2) and all have the exact same problem.

Do you have any ideas ?

Best regards,


Denis Shelston
Toronto, Canada