Problem with Canon camera

[Menno Hershberger]

I've had a Canon Powershot A70 digital camera for over two years.
My preferred method of transferring pictures is with the USB cable and
Windows Explorer. You plug it in, it comes up on the left as "Canon
Powershot A70". Highlight it and your pictures come up in the right pane.
Up until two days ago, I could drag the pictures to the folder of my choice
or hightlight them, right click, pick "copy" and then paste them to
wherever. But now, when I do that, nothing happens. No errors, just nothing
happens. If I double click one of the pictures, it displays in Windows
Picture and Fax Viewer.
If I plug it into either of my other two XP computers, it works fine. If I
reboot THIS computer into Vista (ugh) it works fine.
If I take the card out and put it in my card reader, it works fine.
It's just THIS computer, running XP, and transferring with the USB cable
that I have problems with.
And for what it's worth, I have an older Sony digital camera that works the
same way, and *it* works fine too.
It uses basic Windows drivers... there are no Canon drivers.
Also it *does* allow me to delete images from the camera.
Google hasn't been my friend. Only one case of the same thing and no
resolution to it.

 

[Guest]

Try creating a new user account,boot to new,run the same operation(s),if
all works ok,the old account is corrupted,delete it.Also try a diffrent usb
port.

 

[Guest]

I have a CANON A410/I use a Card Reader and Windows Explorer to place these
Pics in MY PICTURES..I don't use Camera Software CDs..hardware problems can
arise..I have found that RAM is a big ISSUE..I use only KINGSTON RAM
Modules..System Specific RAM for my DELL PC and HYPER-X for the PC I
built..KINGSTON has a great website to match RAM to your PC..I would give
that an investigation..[www.kingtson.com].

 

[Elmo]

I've had a Canon Powershot A70 digital camera for over two years.
My preferred method of transferring pictures is with the USB cable and
Windows Explorer. You plug it in, it comes up on the left as "Canon
Powershot A70". Highlight it and your pictures come up in the right pane.
Up until two days ago, I could drag the pictures to the folder of my choice
or hightlight them, right click, pick "copy" and then paste them to
wherever. But now, when I do that, nothing happens. No errors, just nothing
happens. If I double click one of the pictures, it displays in Windows
Picture and Fax Viewer.
If I plug it into either of my other two XP computers, it works fine. If I
reboot THIS computer into Vista (ugh) it works fine.
If I take the card out and put it in my card reader, it works fine.
It's just THIS computer, running XP, and transferring with the USB cable
that I have problems with.
And for what it's worth, I have an older Sony digital camera that works the
same way, and *it* works fine too.
It uses basic Windows drivers... there are no Canon drivers.
Also it *does* allow me to delete images from the camera.
Google hasn't been my friend. Only one case of the same thing and no
resolution to it.

Maybe something at one of these sites will help:

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

USB Help sites
http://www.usbman.com/WinME USB Guide.htm

General USB troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310575

 

[Menno Hershberger]

Maybe something at one of these sites will help:

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

USB Help sites
http://www.usbman.com/WinME USB Guide.htm

General USB troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310575

I followed the advice in the last link and uninstalled ALL my USB hubs
and controllers. That turned into a near disaster as I lost my mouse
(which isn't even USB) as well.
Eventually I got everything back, but the original problem remains.

 

[Menno Hershberger]

I have a seperate rarely used user account that I tried it in. Have also
tried plugging it in a couple of the rear USB ports.
Still no joy.

Try creating a new user account,boot to new,run the same
operation(s),if
all works ok,the old account is corrupted,delete it.Also try a
diffrent usb
port.

 

[Menno Hershberger]

I've made no ram changes. I have 2Gb of Crucial memory installed. I've
never had or am not now experiencing any memory problems.
I have a gig stick of Kingston on the shelf, but I don't feel that has
anything to do with it. It works fine in Vista.

I have a CANON A410/I use a Card Reader and Windows Explorer to place
these Pics in MY PICTURES..I don't use Camera Software CDs..hardware
problems can arise..I have found that RAM is a big ISSUE..I use only
KINGSTON RAM Modules..System Specific RAM for my DELL PC and HYPER-X
for the PC I built..KINGSTON has a great website to match RAM to your
PC..I would give that an investigation..[www.kingtson.com].

 

[Guest]

Hello again----Menno Hershberger---I do Digital photography every day..right
now my second PC is useing a Firewire to Capture some DV from a BBQ Party..I
thought I would check my EMAIL/Hardware should NOT be an ISSUE if you
followed the Microsoft recommedation of COMPATIBILITY..actually READING the
BOX your "stuff" came in..I use a Card Reader I bought at HOME DEPOT..a
GE[11-in-1]Card Reader..I would say never use a camera CD software for
JPG-capture..use a Card reader and USB 2.0..that's about all one can say in
this forum..Its now a matter of having a CLEAN Install of your OS..if you
have XP SP1..I would get rid of it and purchase a XP SP2 OS..or VISTA if you
are so inclined..basically I have found that there are two really great
PROCESSORS for Digital photography..The Pentium 4 and the Celeron D..P4 for
Digital Video and Celeron D for Digital Still photography..XP Home Edition
for STILL Photography..and XP Professional for Digital Video..RAM
choices..////I use 512MBs for my Celeron D Processor[2.53GHz]and PC2700 RAM
in a DELL PC(DE051)..for my Pentium 4 CPU[3.0GHz]I use PC3200 RAM at
400MHz..so respectivly its 333MHz in a Celeron D configuration and 400MHz in
the P4 configuration..I add a second 512MB RAM Module after all the
components are LOADED in the P4 PC..I also Re-Install my XP SP2 OS with a
single RAM Module installed..I have found every time that useing two RAM
Modules during an OS Re-Install will cause a mal-function in the
process(everytime)..PLUS..Pagefile needs some adjustment///for a SINGLE RAM
Module of 512MBs you can just use the SYSTEM MANAGED SIZE=754MBs..as you add
more RAM Modules you need to use the CUSTOM setting of
700/750...or...500/750...basically useing the Defrtagmentor Program to adjust
a single GREEN Stripe in the HDD IMAGE for SYSTEM(C:/)..
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other than the above....I would research my CPU and RAM as a matching pair.