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Old 05-25-2007   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Scanners and Cameras

"MrB" <brooksro@REMOVEALLCAPSadelphia.net> wrote in message
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> On Windows XP, if I click on Scanners and Cameras, a window opens that
> displays the output of the camera. On my wife's Vista computer, an HP with
> built-in webcam, that doesn't happen. What is the easiest way for me to
> see if the camera is working? Thanks for your help.


Yeah, that is one of a the things that are much worse in Vista than XP.
Most of my other gripes are in the not very thought out and unfinished
explorer GUI.

I use ACDSee to import photos and videos now, but that's not free. There
are free apps such as IrfanView, as the other poster suggested.

ss.

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