My scanners and cameras wizard does not recognize my general electric digital camera

If your camera came with a disc it will have the software to load onto your computer to save pictures if not go online and download camera wizard from microsoft.

the cammera often needs to be "ON" for the PC to recognize it

Take the memory card out and use a USB card reader to access your photos/videos. It's simpler and faster than connecting the camera itself.

You can download the firmware and manual from
http://www.general-imaging.com/us/supportDetail.aspx?id=788

There is also a battery firmware upgrade notification you should be aware of at
http://www.general-imaging.com/uploadedFiles/40_Support/A735-A835-Service-Bullet.pdf

You will have to have a GE camera driver for that camera to communicate with the computer and download the pictures.

Use a separate card reader to download your pics.

It would appear that DMC-FZ18 cannot reliably communicate with Windows XP. However if SD card is removed from camera and connected directly to computer there is no problem.

It is very simple you guys! I had the same problem with my Windows XP SP3 and SOLVE IT EASY!

1. Unplug all your USB devices. If you have hubs, unplug only the devices attached to the hub, not the hub from the computer.

2. Open the registry and delete the following 6 branches.
H_L_M\System\ControlSet001\Enum\USB

H_L_M\System\ControlSet001\Enum\USBPRINT

H_L_M\System\ControlSet001\Enum\USBSTOR

H_L_M\System\ControlSet002\Enum\USB

H_L_M\System\ControlSet002\Enum\USBPRINT

H_L_M\System\ControlSet002\Enum\USBSTOR

3. Restart your computer and attach one by one your USB devices. If you have hubs, first let the OS to recognize your hubs, then attach the USB devices.

Your Digital Camera should be recognized immediately by the system. If you don't have your Digital Camera software installed you can use Windows Scanner and Camera Wizard to upload your photos.

Cheers from Guvidu Romania

If the software is loaded in the computer - take it out. Make sure you have the camers set to upload. Card is in Battery in good contition. Plug camera in computer, Reboot the computer. Camera/Scanner Wizard should come up[on XP or 2000/Me only ] if you have 98 or Vista then there is a USB driver potential problem.

Instead of using the software... Try uninstalling the software and use the Microsoft Scanner and Camera wizard to transfer photos/video to your computer. It should recognize everything on your camera, and then you can copy and paste the photos/videos into whatever folder you specify. In my experience, Kodak's EasyShare software was able to recognize .MOV movies. If your computer is slow, you might want to wait a while for all the processing to be done and check if the videos were recognizeD