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On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 17:07:29 -0600, "HeyBub" wrote:

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On the WinXP and WinVista newsgroups there is universal ragging
about the unbelievably crappy software that comes with
Hewlitt-Packard cameras (and just about everything else HP sells),
principally the incompatibility their software has with the
operating system and other functions.

If getting your pictures OUT of your camera and INTO the computer is
important, bear in mind that you may have problems attempting to use
HP software to do it.


Not needed. Connect you camera via USB to the PC and WinXP will
automagically find it and treat it just like it's another hard drive.
Drag the files from the card in the camera to your hard drive. I would
never install any crapware that comes free with a camera.

Agreed. The SD card can be treated as an extra drive and things work quite
well. It's when you try to hook up the camera directly to the computer
that
the camera maker's software comes into play.


No... I'm saying you can hook the camera itself up with the card installed
in
it, and XP will have no trouble dealing with it. The camera comes with a
USB
cable, and that is ALL you need. Just plug it in and turn on the camera.
XP will
take care of everything. The camera maker's software doesn't ever get
taken out
of the shrink wrap.



Same here. I've never used a camera manufacturer's software to move/copy
pics from camera to computer.