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From: nospam on 9 Jan 2010 22:44 In article <b79hk5p6bttj9ufssj7dn4u0fq6718elki(a)4ax.com>, Robert Coe <bob(a)1776.COM> wrote: > You don't say what computer and operating system you're using. Only fairly > recent OSes support USB correctly, and some computers can be set in BIOS to > handle USB devices peculiarly. Do other USB devices work as expected on that > computer? if by recent you mean the last ten years.
From: Neil Harrington on 10 Jan 2010 00:03 "Jonathan Sachs" <081012(a)jhsachs.com> wrote in message news:439hk5dik6qoisb6eskv34a3a1vltam7ik(a)4ax.com... >I appreciate everyone's efforts to help, but so far, it's not helping. > > First, I have a card reader, and I have no trouble at all with it. Bit > my wife sometimes uses the camera, she hates card readers, and I need > to solve this problem to restore domestic tranquility. > > Also, I actually have a reason to want to use a cable myself: I > sometimes have to transfer pictures at clients' sites, and a cable is > a lot easier to carry around for very occasional use than a card > reader is. > > Second, I have XP SP2, and I have installed the Nikon software, and it > still doesn't work. > > Third, I've got the manual. I mentioned that in the OP. > > Fourth, as nospam mentioned, the instructions on Nikon's web site > apparently are obsolete, and refer to an option that doesn't exist on > my camera. (I'm rather disappointed in Nikon. They evidently put much > less care into creating their web site than into creating their > cameras.) I have no idea how you managed to get such a useless response as you describe from the Nikon site. I use www.nikonusa.com all the time for downloads, updates, software, manuals etc. and I find the site to be excellent, thorough and up to date. You must have somehow gotten into an inappropriate area. There's a lot of stuff there in many places, and you may have to look around a bit for what you need. > > Is there anything else I can try? Yes, you can go to the Nikon site again and download a later version of Nikon Transfer software -- there are more recent versions than the one that came with your P5100. That may also require that you update your Windows XP to SP3, but that is a good idea anyway. The site will tell you what the SP requirement is. All my WinXP machines are SP3; I don't know which versions of the software require that. I occasionally use Nikon Transfer to load photos directly from the camera into Nikon View NX, which is also a free download if it didn't come with your camera. I have had no difficulty with that, though I can't specifically remember if I've used Transfer and View NX with the P5100. On the whole I like View NX better than the older PictureProject for quickie stuff.
From: Neil Harrington on 10 Jan 2010 00:09 "nospam" <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:090120101944227467%nospam(a)nospam.invalid... > In article <b79hk5p6bttj9ufssj7dn4u0fq6718elki(a)4ax.com>, Robert Coe > <bob(a)1776.COM> wrote: > >> You don't say what computer and operating system you're using. Only >> fairly >> recent OSes support USB correctly, and some computers can be set in BIOS >> to >> handle USB devices peculiarly. Do other USB devices work as expected on >> that >> computer? > > if by recent you mean the last ten years. Right, since Windows 98 SE at least.
From: nospam on 10 Jan 2010 00:19 In article <fMKdnRb2QNiC_NTWnZ2dnUVZ_jKdnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, Neil Harrington <never(a)home.com> wrote: > >> You don't say what computer and operating system you're using. Only > >> fairly > >> recent OSes support USB correctly, and some computers can be set in BIOS > >> to > >> handle USB devices peculiarly. Do other USB devices work as expected on > >> that > >> computer? > > > > if by recent you mean the last ten years. > > Right, since Windows 98 SE at least. except that win98 had some issues, as did macos 8.1 & 8.5. by win xp, os x and even macos 9, it was stable, and certainly by the time usb 2.0 came out, there were few, if any problems.
From: Neil Harrington on 10 Jan 2010 14:05
"nospam" <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:090120102119239506%nospam(a)nospam.invalid... > In article <fMKdnRb2QNiC_NTWnZ2dnUVZ_jKdnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, Neil > Harrington <never(a)home.com> wrote: > >> >> You don't say what computer and operating system you're using. Only >> >> fairly >> >> recent OSes support USB correctly, and some computers can be set in >> >> BIOS >> >> to >> >> handle USB devices peculiarly. Do other USB devices work as expected >> >> on >> >> that >> >> computer? >> > >> > if by recent you mean the last ten years. >> >> Right, since Windows 98 SE at least. > > except that win98 had some issues, as did macos 8.1 & 8.5. I guess the original Windows 98 did (it's too long ago for me to remember), but I believe Second Edition got everything fixed. I'm still using one machine with Win98SE for some older games, and haven't had any USB problems with it at all. > > by win xp, os x and even macos 9, it was stable, and certainly by the > time usb 2.0 came out, there were few, if any problems. Yes. Even Win2000 is fine with USB. |