xp won't let me install canon powershot s30 drivers.

Can you post the exact error message you receive?

"mike" <spamme9@gmail.com> wrote in message news:2Cubk.85$0V1.14@trndny01...
Casual Observer wrote:
> Are you logged in as a user with administrator rights when you try to install the S30 software?
YES
>
> "mike" <spamme9@gmail.com> wrote in message news:yohbk.224$wa1.146@trndny07...
> I have an old computer with XPSP2 and no, none, not any
> MS updates. It works fine.
>
> MY new(used) computer has XPSP2 with zillions of MS updates.
>
> I can't install my glidepoint touchpad or Canon S30 camera drivers
> on this machine.
>
> After days of research, I stumbled across a footnote on a Cirque
> web page that says, "MS security updates now prevent our ability
> to write the registry. Apply this .reg file to make your touchpad work."
> Applied the .reg and my glidepoint touchpad now works.
>
> When I try to install the S30 wai driver, it gets all the way to
> the end, says it's updating the registry, then aborts.
> Could this be the same problem caused by the MS updates?
> And what do I do about it?
>
> The answer to your first question is, "Yes, I have a card reader
> and know how to use it."
>
> With that out of the way, we can address MY question. How do I get
> USB to work so I can access the advanced control features beyond just
> downloading jpg files.
>
> Thanks, mike

Casual Observer wrote:
> Can you post the exact error message you receive?

Yes, I can.

"An error occurred during file transfer.
Digital Camera USB WIA Driver installation has failed."

Happens at the very end when it's claiming to be editing the registry.

I've got three different archives of this same 3.9.0 driver. All behave
the same.
Just downloaded it again from Canon website. Same behavior.

I predict this ain't a Canon problem. Sounds like a Windows problem,
that Canon has decided not to address.
Remember, this driver works fine on an un-updated winxpsp2.

I was hoping someone else had experienced the problem and figgered out
how to work around it.

mike
>
> "mike" <spamme9@gmail.com> wrote in message news:2Cubk.85$0V1.14@trndny01...
> Casual Observer wrote:
>> Are you logged in as a user with administrator rights when you try to install the S30 software?
> YES
>> "mike" <spamme9@gmail.com> wrote in message news:yohbk.224$wa1.146@trndny07...
>> I have an old computer with XPSP2 and no, none, not any
>> MS updates. It works fine.
>>
>> MY new(used) computer has XPSP2 with zillions of MS updates.
>>
>> I can't install my glidepoint touchpad or Canon S30 camera drivers
>> on this machine.
>>
>> After days of research, I stumbled across a footnote on a Cirque
>> web page that says, "MS security updates now prevent our ability
>> to write the registry. Apply this .reg file to make your touchpad work."
>> Applied the .reg and my glidepoint touchpad now works.
>>
>> When I try to install the S30 wai driver, it gets all the way to
>> the end, says it's updating the registry, then aborts.
>> Could this be the same problem caused by the MS updates?
>> And what do I do about it?
>>
>> The answer to your first question is, "Yes, I have a card reader
>> and know how to use it."
>>
>> With that out of the way, we can address MY question. How do I get
>> USB to work so I can access the advanced control features beyond just
>> downloading jpg files.
>>
>> Thanks, mike

"David J Taylor"
<david-taylor@blueyonder.neither-this-bit.nor-this-bit.co.uk> wrote in
message news:5Yobk.20646$E41.15772@text.news.virginmedia.c om...
> dwight wrote:
> []
>> By the way... I run XPSP2 and am fanatical about updates.
> []
>>
>> dwight
>
> You should be running SP3, then! <G>
>
> David

Thanks. I was (virtually) and now I am (actually).

dwight

http://kbalertz.com/810609/Windows-R...al-Camera.aspx

This is for a different Canon camera, but perhaps the same methodology would work in your case. It's worth a try at least.

"mike" <spamme9@gmail.com> wrote in message news:Lvvbk.248$qW.130@trndny03...
Casual Observer wrote:
> Can you post the exact error message you receive?

Yes, I can.

"An error occurred during file transfer.
Digital Camera USB WIA Driver installation has failed."

Happens at the very end when it's claiming to be editing the registry.

I've got three different archives of this same 3.9.0 driver. All behave
the same.
Just downloaded it again from Canon website. Same behavior.

I predict this ain't a Canon problem. Sounds like a Windows problem,
that Canon has decided not to address.
Remember, this driver works fine on an un-updated winxpsp2.

I was hoping someone else had experienced the problem and figgered out
how to work around it.

mike
>
> "mike" <spamme9@gmail.com> wrote in message news:2Cubk.85$0V1.14@trndny01...
> Casual Observer wrote:
>> Are you logged in as a user with administrator rights when you try to install the S30 software?
> YES
>> "mike" <spamme9@gmail.com> wrote in message news:yohbk.224$wa1.146@trndny07...
>> I have an old computer with XPSP2 and no, none, not any
>> MS updates. It works fine.
>>
>> MY new(used) computer has XPSP2 with zillions of MS updates.
>>
>> I can't install my glidepoint touchpad or Canon S30 camera drivers
>> on this machine.
>>
>> After days of research, I stumbled across a footnote on a Cirque
>> web page that says, "MS security updates now prevent our ability
>> to write the registry. Apply this .reg file to make your touchpad work."
>> Applied the .reg and my glidepoint touchpad now works.
>>
>> When I try to install the S30 wai driver, it gets all the way to
>> the end, says it's updating the registry, then aborts.
>> Could this be the same problem caused by the MS updates?
>> And what do I do about it?
>>
>> The answer to your first question is, "Yes, I have a card reader
>> and know how to use it."
>>
>> With that out of the way, we can address MY question. How do I get
>> USB to work so I can access the advanced control features beyond just
>> downloading jpg files.
>>
>> Thanks, mike

Casual Observer wrote:
> http://kbalertz.com/810609/Windows-R...al-Camera.aspx
>
> This is for a different Canon camera, but perhaps the same methodology would work in your case. It's worth a try at least.
>
Thanks,
Yep, found several pages like that one for different cameras.
I've gone as far as hacking everything Canon out of the registry.
I think I need to disable MS security completely while I install the
driver. Have no idea how to do that.

I'm givin' up. Already reallocated the scratch drive I've been using
for experiments. I'll probably never get around to writing any camera
software anyway.

Thanks, mike

> "mike" <spamme9@gmail.com> wrote in message news:Lvvbk.248$qW.130@trndny03...
> Casual Observer wrote:
>> Can you post the exact error message you receive?
>
> Yes, I can.
>
> "An error occurred during file transfer.
> Digital Camera USB WIA Driver installation has failed."
>
> Happens at the very end when it's claiming to be editing the registry.
>
> I've got three different archives of this same 3.9.0 driver. All behave
> the same.
> Just downloaded it again from Canon website. Same behavior.
>
> I predict this ain't a Canon problem. Sounds like a Windows problem,
> that Canon has decided not to address.
> Remember, this driver works fine on an un-updated winxpsp2.
>
> I was hoping someone else had experienced the problem and figgered out
> how to work around it.
>
> mike
>> "mike" <spamme9@gmail.com> wrote in message news:2Cubk.85$0V1.14@trndny01...
>> Casual Observer wrote:
>>> Are you logged in as a user with administrator rights when you try to install the S30 software?
>> YES
>>> "mike" <spamme9@gmail.com> wrote in message news:yohbk.224$wa1.146@trndny07...
>>> I have an old computer with XPSP2 and no, none, not any
>>> MS updates. It works fine.
>>>
>>> MY new(used) computer has XPSP2 with zillions of MS updates.
>>>
>>> I can't install my glidepoint touchpad or Canon S30 camera drivers
>>> on this machine.
>>>
>>> After days of research, I stumbled across a footnote on a Cirque
>>> web page that says, "MS security updates now prevent our ability
>>> to write the registry. Apply this .reg file to make your touchpad work."
>>> Applied the .reg and my glidepoint touchpad now works.
>>>
>>> When I try to install the S30 wai driver, it gets all the way to
>>> the end, says it's updating the registry, then aborts.
>>> Could this be the same problem caused by the MS updates?
>>> And what do I do about it?
>>>
>>> The answer to your first question is, "Yes, I have a card reader
>>> and know how to use it."
>>>
>>> With that out of the way, we can address MY question. How do I get
>>> USB to work so I can access the advanced control features beyond just
>>> downloading jpg files.
>>>
>>> Thanks, mike

mike wrote:
> I have an old computer with XPSP2 and no, none, not any
> MS updates. It works fine.
>
> MY new(used) computer has XPSP2 with zillions of MS updates.
>
> I can't install my glidepoint touchpad or Canon S30 camera drivers
> on this machine.
>
> After days of research, I stumbled across a footnote on a Cirque
> web page that says, "MS security updates now prevent our ability
> to write the registry. Apply this .reg file to make your touchpad work."
> Applied the .reg and my glidepoint touchpad now works.
>
> When I try to install the S30 wai driver, it gets all the way to
> the end, says it's updating the registry, then aborts.
> Could this be the same problem caused by the MS updates?
> And what do I do about it?
>
> The answer to your first question is, "Yes, I have a card reader
> and know how to use it."
>
> With that out of the way, we can address MY question. How do I get
> USB to work so I can access the advanced control features beyond just
> downloading jpg files.
>
> Thanks, mike
Could it be your anti-virus? Just a thought. Try turning it off.

mike wrote:
> Casual Observer wrote:
>> Can you post the exact error message you receive?
>
> Yes, I can.
>
> "An error occurred during file transfer.
> Digital Camera USB WIA Driver installation has failed."
>
> Happens at the very end when it's claiming to be editing the registry.
>
> I've got three different archives of this same 3.9.0 driver. All behave
> the same.
> Just downloaded it again from Canon website. Same behavior.
>
> I predict this ain't a Canon problem. Sounds like a Windows problem,
> that Canon has decided not to address.
> Remember, this driver works fine on an un-updated winxpsp2.
>
> I was hoping someone else had experienced the problem and figgered out
> how to work around it.
>

If the error is concerned with the file transfer, not the file installation
you could have a read problem on the computer you are trying to use, it may
not be an OS problem at all. A slight misalignment of a head etc., can
cause one to read and another to fail on just one borderline disk. I had
something similar a few weeks ago with another type of hardware interface
that would install on one computer but not another. I solved it by using
the first computer to copy the files from the CD onto a thumb drive and
running the install on the second computer from that. It might be worth
trying in this case.

Regards

Tony