Nikon View 6 & Coolpix 4300 Camera

[Northwoods_Hippie]

Hello all,

First, I am not a newbie to computers and the internet, I consider myself fairly experienced. But I am a newbie to digital cameras and their software.

This is the "as short as I can make it" version.

BF's father bought me a Nikon Coolpix 4300 camera from a pawn shop, camera works great but the View software didn't come with it. I downloaded the software from the Nikon website, tried to upload the pics from the camera, got an error message that the camera or card was not attached to the computer.

So what I decided to do was to spend the $20 and order the latest Nikon View 6.2.7 software directly from Nikon. The CD came last week, I installed it and got the same error message, so I (might have jumped the gun here) uninstalled it, and tried to run the RegSweeper on the CD to completely remove it from the computer...of course the RegSweeper won't run even though I am following the directions to a T! So back to the Nikon website I go, get the directions to remove the register keys manually and do so. But something is still there because when I try to install the View 6.2.7 it won't install correctly. I want to get View installed correctly so I can go from there to figure out if maybe I didn't have the camera hooked up to the computer correctly.

I have a fairly new Gateway Computer, running Windows XP Home version.

Any and all help will be appreciated!
Thank You,
Margie

[Northwoods_Hippie]

...per the Nikon Help Line it is the USB cable, damaged so the computer can't link to the camera. Wonder if this is the reason the camera was so cheap at the pawn shop ($30)!

I am just happy to know what the problem is!

Margie

[bee_pipes]

We have a camera with a DSL for connecting to the computer. That cable stays in the camera bag for traveling. We spent about $20 and got this little plastic box with DSL cable. The box has ports for just about any kind of memory card in existence at the time. We just leave the box plugged in to the computer and move card from camera to computer and back. Much easier than fishing for cord in bag.

Word of caution - with a setup like that you need to "eject" the card before removing. You can just plug it in to get access, but the eject is necessary for removal. Right click on card icon on My Computer - will present you with a menu, one of the options is Eject.

My wife was using a 35 mm camera when I met her. We never looked back.

I have to remember to make CD backups of pictures. Without film, the only copies are now on the hard drive.

Found a great program free on the internet for viewing and manipulating pictures - XnView - lets you turn, change resolution, etc. Maybe it's in what you are used to - I started using it before windows added all the bells and whistles for picture handling. Wouldn't use anything else now.

Have fun with your new camera!

Regards,
Pat