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"martin loomis" <> wrote in message
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> I like this usb camera, it worked fine with windows 98.Now that we're
using
> xp I had to download the install file for xp from kodak. There
instructions
> say with no camera software installed , camera unplugged, run the
> install.exe which finishes, says successfull you can know plug in and use
> the camera, BUT when I plug it in xp detects the new hardware and tries to
> install software for it, if I let it it freezes up before finishing and
> have to do a restart, if I choose have disk and browse to the install file
> it finds nothing valid. Very frustrating, kodak says, install, plug in and
> use, but it doesn't work that way. Anybody dealt with similar problem?


Same problem installing my girlfriends Kodak camera. I booted to Safe Mode
and installed it without trouble.

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How to boot to Safe Mode? http://windows.about.com/library/tips/bltip601.htm