canon digital camera does not support windows 7

hi,

I have a canon A3100 powershot digital camera. when i connect camera to my pc, it shows driver is not installed.

I am using windows 7
1 gb RAM

processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU

Can u plz help me? Why my driver is not installed?

The Canon website states there are no drivers available for the camera mentioned.

There is some software for Windows 7 for your model camera though. Go to this link: http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consum...ersAndSoftware

I assume you have the 32-bit version of Windows 7 since you have so little RAM to work with.

Try plugging in your camera with it powered-on and then wait for any drivers to install. Also check out Device Manager, then Hardware and see what it tells you.

For my Nikon they stopped writing drivers years ago because multi-port memory card readers are so common that they suggest just removing the memory card and plugging it right into a multi-port for uploading.

From what I understand, plugging the camera in should show a "Mass Storage Device" - a kind of generic driver for many USB devices that hold data. Does a drive letter show up when you plug your camera in and powered on like Nibiru2012 suggested?

If not, then you can pick up a cheap USB card reader (only a few $) as TrainableMan suggests - it will no doubt come in handy for other things too .

I don't even try to install the software that came with my Panasonic camera that I bought in 2008 anymore, I simply use the photo software that came with the Kodak printer that I recently bought.

It (the camera's software disc) was optimized for use with Vista, and the versions of the software on it (Adobe & ArcSoft) are severely outdated. Even the Panasonic "Photo Fun Studio" appears old looking on this computer. But it does look OK on XP.

TrainableMan & Ian are correct, a card reader is the best solution for anyone who has a digital camera. Many printers have updated photo software, and many new computers has some type of photo software bundled in.

The card, with the photos, is all you need.

Cat

I've not tried it yet but there are Wireless options

http://www.eye.fi/

That's really cool! Seems like it's been around a bit, too. I'll have to check that out further.

Cat

That's pretty neat but expensive for such a small amount of mem; it looks like the biggest card available is 8MB, my camera's loaded with a 64.

Plus: The Eye-Fi automatic wireless uploading process currently only supports jpeg files; if you are shooting other file types such as RAW, the Eye-Fi Card will function as a normal SD card and store photos but will not be able to wirelessly upload them.

Source link - http://hubpages.com/hub/Eye-Fi-Wirel...tos-and-Videos

Those are neat devices, and I'm sure there's some who really likes this sort of thing, and more importantly, afford it.

I have a 4GB SanDisc card in my camera, that holds all of the pics that I need, and it only cost me $10 (on sale). Plus I have two 4GB Kingston flash drives to move them onto when it gets full.

It's a great gadget, but too costly for me. The old fashioned way will have to do for me.

Cat