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Camera will not connect with my computer

Normally when I turn on my camera and it is connected with the computer via USB it will download my photos, but now nothing is happening when I plug in the camera. Why is the computer not reading the camera is hooked up? How am I supposed to get my photos onto my computer?

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  • Anonymous Feb 24, 2008

    yes, me too

  • Anonymous May 26, 2008

    Reinstalling software, restoring camera to defaults, changing USB ports, and replacing the cable did not work. What an inconvenience.

  • Anonymous Nov 25, 2008

    I have exactly the same problem.

    I have reinstalled software - still nothing.

    USB ports and cable are good.



    What shouild I do??

  • Anonymous Mar 01, 2009

    Canon A700.

    Windows XP SP2.

    For nearly 3 years, it has worked perfectly.

    Today, when I connected the camera to my computer via USB, and switched the camera on, no software came to life on the computer.

    None of the buttons on the back of the camera functioned.

    I have sent a support request to Canon and will see what happens.



  • Anonymous Mar 17, 2009

    Same problem here too...very frustrating!

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Anonymous

Try to reinstall camera's software to your computer. By the way did you changed your computer OS ? Good luck!

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