Vista Tutorial - driver software download

Hey I wondering if you can help, I am trying to download software for my digital camara vivitar vivicam 55 to my computer and it will down load up to the point I go to the camara to download pictures and it tells me there is a connection problem that driver software not working because I have Vista home premium edition and it won't allow my driversoft to work and is there anyway around that?

Thanks

For that make and model camcorder one driver set for Vista is seen at vivicam 55 driver (Vivitar)

Hi usnavy,

As far as I know, Vivitar went out of business a while ago and never made Vista drivers - the link supplied above , may work on vista, I haven't tried.

I have a vivicam. I plugged it in via usb and pressed the SET button on the back of the camera.

Vista loaded it's own drivers - works fine - but nothing happened till pressing that SET button.

You may like to try uninstalling those drivers and letting Vista install it's own.

Hope it helps

SIW2

set button ? and how vista install it own?

Hi,

The drivers are included in Vista and are on your Hard drive now, waiting for a camera to be attached. Vista won't know you want it to install the drivers until you press the SET button.

That's how it worked for me.

SIW2

Often Windows will have a list of hardwares and have some generic drivers onhand. That's probably why it worked for you. But it's worth a try since the company went under.

They are indeed generic drivers - designed to work with as many brands and models as possible.

The strange thing was Vista didn't recognise anything was attached at all until pressing that SET button.

Didn't figure that out immediately , and am not surprised other people don't realise it.

Hope it works for usnavy

SIW2

Once you pressed the set button Windows apparently detected a new hardware and immediately installed(or simply expanded and made active) one of the archived drivers onhand.

The generic drivers go more by type rather then any brand or model when those are used simply to make something work that wouldn't otherwise be available.

Hopefully the one found at the link earlier will work out since that was specific for that model.

Yes of course that was when new hardware was detected and the generic drivers were installed.

As I said , the drivers on the link you kindly found for usnavy might work on Vista - they might even provide extra functions.

When I suggested he uninstall those drivers, obviously I was referring to the drivers he already had installed - not the ones you suggested he try.


SIW2

where is the start button on back top right, bottom, or on left?