Camera no longer works with my computer

Lorand · 03-28-2005, 11:00 PM

What could be wrong? I plug the camera's USB cable in the computer, the found hardware baloon pops up and after a while it says that it was unable to install the driver for it because "class installer has denied the request to install".
That problem appeared suddenly, this camera worked fine until a couple of days ago...

(the camera is HP Photosmart 318 and I have WinXP SP2)

**Praetor** · 03-28-2005, 11:49 PM

Try uninstalling the camera and reinstalling it?

Lorand · 03-28-2005, 11:52 PM

Already tried that and no luck...

kobaj · 03-28-2005, 11:55 PM

1.Its a virus/spyware/or adaware thats not letting you do it. Run a few scans to stop this.
2.If you havnt done much stuff in the few days it hasnt been working you can do a system restore.

Lorand · 03-29-2005, 12:23 AM

Virus / spyware / adware scan found nothing, so my system is crystal clear...

The system restore didn't work. In fact I can't even remember when the camera was used last time, and some days ago I run out of disk space on C:, so when cleaning up the disk I kept only the most recent restore point...

wensk · 04-01-2005, 09:22 PM

I've never connected my cameras via their cables. Go out and get yourself a card reader and plug your memory card into that. Never had an issue

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Lorand VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Bucharest Age: 41 Posts: 3,042	Camera no longer works with my computer What could be wrong? I plug the camera's USB cable in the computer, the found hardware baloon pops up and after a while it says that it was unable to install the driver for it because "class installer has denied the request to install". That problem appeared suddenly, this camera worked fine until a couple of days ago... (the camera is HP Photosmart 318 and I have WinXP SP2)

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wensk Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 51	I've never connected my cameras via their cables. Go out and get yourself a card reader and plug your memory card into that. Never had an issue __________________ :eek: Antec Mini Tower AMD 2500 w/Asus A7N8X deluxe FX5200 128mb 2 x 256 PC3200 and other assorted goodies Dual 18" FPMs IBM Thinkpad R50

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03-28-2005, 11:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
Lorand VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Bucharest Age: 41 Posts: 3,042	Already tried that and no luck...

03-29-2005, 12:23 AM	#5 (permalink)
Lorand VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Bucharest Age: 41 Posts: 3,042	Virus / spyware / adware scan found nothing, so my system is crystal clear... The system restore didn't work. In fact I can't even remember when the camera was used last time, and some days ago I run out of disk space on C:, so when cleaning up the disk I kept only the most recent restore point...