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Can you use the system restore feature to reset your computer before you
tried to update it?

"snowball" <> wrote in message
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> I uninstalled the original drivers for this camera in xpsp1 and updated to
> the new 5.05 version.Unfortunately I made the following error.I never
> installed the new drivers properly.I unzipped them but neglected to run
the
> executable so they were never installed. I then connected the camera and
it
> somehow found the original drivers I had uninstalled and it worked for
> awhile and then crashed xp. At this point i realized what i had done.In
> essence i had connected the camera with no drivers installed, which the
> manual and instructions tell you not to do and have had problems since.I
> further complicated the problem by installing the updated drivers properly
> but obviously over the originals.At this point, I can't uninstall the
> originals as they don't appear in utilities.They do appear in add/remove
> along with the updated ones that i can uninstall and have. The originals
> appear there without the removal option. When I ckick on them , they just
> show the frequency on use information( thats how i knew they were the
ones
> being used when both sets were installed). At present I am not crashing
> xp,and I am running just the originasl that cannot be removed, and I can't
> upgrade to the new ones........... How do I remove all the drivers and
> install the 5.05 version only? Many Thanks.
>
>

No. They have since been removed. I wasn't aware of the problem at the time.
I thought it was a software issue with the new file viewer which was the
last thing installed.

"Charles Eaves" <> wrote in message
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> Can you use the system restore feature to reset your computer before you
> tried to update it?
>
> "snowball" <> wrote in message
> news:0NkQa.425020$. ca...
> > I uninstalled the original drivers for this camera in xpsp1 and updated
to
> > the new 5.05 version.Unfortunately I made the following error.I never
> > installed the new drivers properly.I unzipped them but neglected to run
> the
> > executable so they were never installed. I then connected the camera and
> it
> > somehow found the original drivers I had uninstalled and it worked for
> > awhile and then crashed xp. At this point i realized what i had done.In
> > essence i had connected the camera with no drivers installed, which the
> > manual and instructions tell you not to do and have had problems since.I
> > further complicated the problem by installing the updated drivers
properly
> > but obviously over the originals.At this point, I can't uninstall the
> > originals as they don't appear in utilities.They do appear in add/remove
> > along with the updated ones that i can uninstall and have. The originals
> > appear there without the removal option. When I ckick on them , they
just
> > show the frequency on use information( thats how i knew they were the
> ones
> > being used when both sets were installed). At present I am not crashing
> > xp,and I am running just the originasl that cannot be removed, and I
can't
> > upgrade to the new ones........... How do I remove all the drivers and
> > install the 5.05 version only? Many Thanks.
> >
> >
>
>