Most can't install XP proper. They were never told that drivers for the motherboard and more may be required.
More hints at http://www.usbman.com
Bob
Good Evening:
I have a Vivitar ViviCam 3500 dig. cam. that worked great with my old Win ME OS, but since I've upgraded to the XP Home Ed. W/SP-2, the camera won't work.I've contacted Vivitar and they have no drivers and was told that having XP I don't need anything else. They said to remove everything associated with the old drivers, etc. and I did just that. They also said to connect camera to PC, turn it on, and boot up and XP should recognize it as a storage device of some kind...wrong...didn't work...went to Driver Guide but they didn't have any either...CAN ANYONE PROVIDE ME WITH SOME GOOD DATA TO HELP GET ME UP WITH THE DIG.CAM. SO I WON'T HAVE TO THROW THIS GREAT CAMERA IN THE CAN??????
MANY THANKS.

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