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<blockquote data-quote="nickt" data-source="post: 299282" data-attributes="member: 4923">A very basic question, have you tried rebooting the computer? I would approach this as a usb problem. Check in control panel-device manager. Your camera should appear under 'portable devices'. No exclamation points, etc. You could remove it from there and re-install it. This is for Canon, but it shows what I am trying to say:<a href="http://support-sg.canon-asia.com/contents/SG/EN/8200757200.html" target="_blank">If the camera is not detected by Windows 7</a>Another thing to try... if you know how to boot to safe mode... you could try that. Safe mode is a repair mode, but sometimes just going there and doing nothing and then rebooting normally fixes a lot of random things.Also you could try plugging the camera into a different usb port. If it works, it may work again in the original port.If the above fails, you could go back into device manager and delete all of the usb ports. They should return after a reboot. I hesitate to recommend this just in case they don't come back. There are lots of articles on the web stepping you through various ways to get your usb ports reset.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nickt, post: 299282, member: 4923"] A very basic question, have you tried rebooting the computer? I would approach this as a usb problem. Check in control panel-device manager. Your camera should appear under 'portable devices'. No exclamation points, etc. You could remove it from there and re-install it. This is for Canon, but it shows what I am trying to say[B]: [URL="http://support-sg.canon-asia.com/contents/SG/EN/8200757200.html"]If the camera is not detected by Windows 7[/URL] [/B] Another thing to try... if you know how to boot to safe mode... you could try that. Safe mode is a repair mode, but sometimes just going there and doing nothing and then rebooting normally fixes a lot of random things. Also you could try plugging the camera into a different usb port. If it works, it may work again in the original port. If the above fails, you could go back into device manager and delete all of the usb ports. They [B][I]should[/I][/B] return after a reboot. I hesitate to recommend this just in case they don't come back. There are lots of articles on the web stepping you through various ways to get your usb ports reset. [/QUOTE]

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