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Old 05-28-2008   #4 (permalink)
Colin Barnhorst


 
 

Re: Nikon D40 not recognized - MTP/PTP not working?

Good job!

"Gerard" <Gerard@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> SOLVED: I did the following:
> Copy the contents of
> C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\wpdmtp.inf_3eba85bf to a
> temporary directory. Connect the camera, when it asks for the CD, tell it
> you
> don't have one and want to point to a location yourself. Enter the name of
> the temporary directory. Now VISTA installs the driver and the camera can
> be
> accessed!
>
> "Gerard" wrote:
>
Quote:

>> in addition:
>>
>> I did find a wpdmtp.inf file in
>> C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\wpdmtp.inf_3eba85bf and
>> C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\wpdmtp.inf_20006c56
>>
>> These inf files relate to USB class 6 subclass 1 prot 1 devices, exactly
>> what device manager should for my camera.
>>
>> You cannot install driver this through the context menu of the INF file.
>> Any
>> way to get windows polite enough to take this driver?
>>
>> BTW: it is a dutch version of Vista
>>
>>
>> "Gerard" wrote:
>>
Quote:

>> > The D40 is a MTP/PTP device. When I connect it, Vista asks for a driver
>> > CD.
>> > The CD with the camera does not have a (correct) driver. I thought that
>> > MTP/PTP devices were recognized by Vista (Home Premium) without
>> > additional
>> > drivers?
>> >
>> > Some web searches suggested that a mdwmdmsp.dll should be present on my
>> > system -- search cannot find it.
>> >
>> > Any ideas on how I can see that MTP drivers, WMDM service providers etc
>> > are
>> > present on my system?
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