Sudden Failure to download photos through USB port

[Guest]

I was happily downloading Photo's direct from camera via a usb cable but had
a break of a couple of months and it no longer works. In cvase it was the
camera i purchased a USB card reader that also fails. I have tried on other
PC's and all is fine. Can anyone assist please?

 

[Pegasus]

I was happily downloading Photo's direct from camera via a usb cable but
had
a break of a couple of months and it no longer works. In cvase it was the
camera i purchased a USB card reader that also fails. I have tried on
other
PC's and all is fine. Can anyone assist please?

You say it "fails" but you never tell us what actually
happens when you try!

 

[Rock]

I was happily downloading Photo's direct from camera via a usb cable but
had
a break of a couple of months and it no longer works. In cvase it was the
camera i purchased a USB card reader that also fails. I have tried on
other
PC's and all is fine. Can anyone assist please?

How exactly does it fail? Error messages? What does or doesn't happen?

Troubleshooting for USB Drives
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_e.html

General USB troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310575