[B]I have Windows ME O/S and I can't get computer to recognise my digital camera, it keeps coming up insert millenium disc and fnfilter.dll error , but i haven't got the disc i only have the restore pack HELP!!!

Hi beanie2blue, welcome to SAF

Have you an install disk from your camera ?
btw, can you provide your camera make and model ?

Have you tried to insert your restore disk when asked for this .dll file ?

Chris

hi there thanks for the welcome

camera model is olympus camedia c-370 zoom, i didn,t want to try the restore pack just incase i mucked things up

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Have you an install disk from your camera ?

Is the message about this .dll an error message or is the .dll file itself missing ?
If it's missing or corrupted, you can download it from here: http://www.dll-downloads.com/hosts.asp?fil...le=fnfilter.zip

If you do not have an install disk for it, the latest drivers, utilities and patches for your Olympus Camedia c370 zoom can be downloaded from http://www.olympus.co.jp/en/support/imsg/d...nload/software/

Chris

i have installed the disc and everything on it and nothing comes on the screen at all so i tried going to scanners and cameras and tried to add from there and thats when the message comes up (the file fnfilter.dll was not found)

Ok... adding scanners and cameras from the device manager may be tricky if you do not know where the proper .inf files are...

At Olympus website (link posted above), there are proper patch files and drivers/utilities. Download them to a new folder. Go to your add/remove software, uninstall the previous Camedia softwares. Go to device manager and remove any cam you have tried to install and is not working (it will probably have an exclamation mark on it). Install the new drivers/softwares from the folder you created. Do not connect your camera until it's done. You probably will be prompted to reboot. If not, connect your camera (power on) and reboot.

Chris

thanks for your help chris but i havent got a clue what im looking at lol but i will start afresh tomorrow

thanks

hi chris me again with the camera problem lol, i did what you suggested yesterday but there aren't suitable drivers or patches for my camera on the website in fact theres very little i can find that relates to the make, i am still at a loss

milly

Hi milly,

In theory, your OS must recognize your c-370 as a mass storage device and pop with a new folder on Internet Explorer as soon as you connect it to any USB port and power it up.

There are no known specific issues about this cam and Windows Millenium, so it's probably a driver issue... I am wondering if that .dll file you named before is not the culprit, although there is very few references to it.
You can try to download and install it, but I suggest you create a restore point first.

I had many problems with all the digital cameras my family have unless I acquired a USB card reader. Your c-370 use a XD card, that USB card readers deals perfectly with. (it's a very cheap solution and works on any computer I tried it)

I will scout around more deeply and post back later. In the meantime, maybe some other members here can help you on this.

Chris

hi chris i have a tiny computer and wondered if you can install windows xp on top of ME

Sure you can. I upgraded mine from Win98 SE to XP pro with no problems and I have only a 40 GB hard disk and 256 MB Ram.

Chris

[B]hi chris
thankyou so much for all your help, i have now upgraded to windows xp it was a very hard slog doing it but yipee done it lol. i'm having a little trouble getting it to accept any software i try to install, but that has been my only problem so far so heres to a peacefull life.

thanks

milly

I forgot to say that... some of my old programs did not run anymore on Win XP. (I reinstalled successfully two over 4 of them but found another new version which runs and definitely lost only the oldest)

All this didn't affected me soo much, so I never remember it
The overall advantages are better than some few inconveniences.
It also took me some days to set it up as I wanted, but it works fine now.

Are you now able to play with your camera pictures ?

hi chris

yes lol but im having trouble loading software its coming up error 1311 ???? lol also similar error comes up when i try to put autoroute in as well

milly

1113 error is "source file not found". It may be a corrupted media...
What software are you trying to install ?

Is it Microsoft Autoroute ? It is 100% compliant with Windows XP...

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1 GB of available hard disk space for standard installation (500 MB for minimum installation); some users may require up to an extra 100 MB for System Files Update (hard disk usage will vary depending on configuration)

I recommend that you reload all your specific motherboard/chipset video drivers, as WinXP may have replaced some with its own drivers.

hi chris

right now im pulling my hair out lol computer screen went blue and came up with an error in mini dump, am i doing something wrong HELP!!

milly again....

Don't panic milly

Just say what you have doing just before it happened. Please give all details and, if possible, any error code or message on this blue screen.

You may also try to boot in safe mode (by tapping F8 on boot) and do a system restore to the point just before. (It will probably prompt you to select "last good -or working- configuration").

Chris

i was downloading updates for windows xp from the xp website , there were 17 downloads altogether and the blue screen came up on the 15, it said either critical error or serious error in mini dump also said to restart computer if it was the first time i had seen this message which i did and when restarted a message came up microsoft error and send or dont send report i chose not to send

milly

Ok, you were doing the right thing. Does your computer boots after that ?

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A mini dump is a tiny 64K-byte file. One reason it's so small is that it doesn't contain any of the binary or executable files that are in memory at the time of a system crash. The .exes are needed for full and proper crash analysis, therefore, mini dumps are of limited value without them.

When XP system crashes for any reason, it tries to dump files from memory to the hard disk.

You should be able to reboot in safe mode and restore the previous configuration... some Windows updates may causes crashes, mostly if it loaded and tried to install some corrupted file.

hi there again lol , i did what you suggested, but couldnt restore to previous configuration maybe because i had just installed xp that day, im still getting a blue screen with message

stuck in infinite loop
caused by file nv4
problem with device or driver programming the hard ware incorrectly

milly

milly, file nv4 is part of nVidia videocard stuff. It seems that your system is having problems with your videocard.

A faulty videocard driver may mess all your system, so, try to reload motherboard/chipset/video drivers and mVidia videocard ones before trying to install anything.

If you are not sure about what have messed with your system, try a restore point on july 9, before 03:27 pm.

Chris

hi milly here again
how do i do this (reload motherboard/chipset/video drivers and mVidia videocard ones before trying to install anything.)

milly

ps sorry about this

Ho milly,

Just pick your original motherboard disk and install all the stuff

Windows normally try to use standard drivers, unless you install others.
When you purchased your computer, the vendor must have provided a disk (CD) with all chipset drivers and utilities.

If you do not have it anymore, please post your motherboard make and model and we will try to find the proper drivers.

Chris

lol where will i find mother board make and model

milly


lol

Milly, go TO BELARC and click on free download, and follow instructions(click open, etc.) This will give you a ton of info about your computer and you can look under main board and get the info Ironbender was requesting.

is this the stuff you wanted??

Board: MicroStar Inc. MS-6340 1.0
Bus Clock: 66 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 62710 07/15/97

it also says i need to download hotfixes but im worried because the last time i did that the whole system went down



milly

thanks for the help its very much appreciated

Hi milly,
Your motherboard probably works with a VIA chipset. Under "System model", you'll find something like this: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363

Please post it back

Under "Multimedia", is the onboard sound chip: VIA AC'97 Audio Controller (WDM)

It may be useful to know yours.

Chris

this was all the information under system model

Tiny Computers MS-6340 1.0
Asset Tag: 0000000
Enclosure Type: Desktop

hope this is what you need

milly

sorry forgot to put this in as well (multimedia)

Creative AudioPCI (ES1371,ES1373) (WDM)
Game Port for Creative
Multimedia Controller

milly

OK,

go to http://www.via.com.tw/en/resources/downloa...enter/chipsets/

Scroll down to "Legacy"

Download this .zip file to a new folder:
» VIA KM133 (I/G) .zip 21.6MB

unzip it to its current folder.

Create a restore point to your system <Start/Programs/Accessories/System tools>
Double-click on System restore and create a restore point.

Install the VIA KM133 chipset drivers and reboot.

Chris

cannot create restore point although it is switched on

milly

Is there any error message when you try to make it ?
Have you enough disk space to do it ?
Maybe rebooting and trying again will help.

Chris

everything there is fine it just said cannot create restore point restart computer to try again

milly

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System Restore cannot create a restore point. Please restart your computer Disable System Restore, reboot, then enable

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To enable or disable System Restore, perform the following steps: Start the System Control Panel applet. Select the System Restore tab. Clear the "Turn off System Restore on all drives" check box to enable System Restore, or select this check box to disable System Restore.  Click OK.

its already turned off

milly

<Start/Config/control Panel> <System/System Restore tab>
Uncheck "Turn off system restore" box.
Win XP pro have only this box to be checked/unchecked, XP home I'am unsure.
If you have enough disk space, it will turn on and let you create a restore point.

Chris

hi chris your not going to believe this but that problem has been fixed but i have another one. discs are now loading brilliantly thanks for your help on that one.

problem number ??????

i thought i would try putting an mp3 onto computer it copies fine but when you listen to it , it sounds like gurgling although you can still hear the music, sounds as though its playing slower as well and heres another one for you when im typing this out and press the spacebar its deleting letters instead of make a space

please help before the computer goes out the living room window

not joking

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please help before the computer goes out the living room window

this will not solve your problems, I guess...

Are you using a PCI sound card or the onboard AC97 one ?

If you are using a PCI sound card, you must download the proper audio codecs and disable AC97 onboard sound at your BIOS settings.

It sounds like English, but I can't understand a word you are saying

milly

is this the details for the sound card??

Creative AudioPCI (ES1371,ES1373) (WDM)

milly

i downloaded the xp codec but is still not working, there are a few to choose from and im not sure which, didnt know if it should be one of the audio or the xp one specificaly, can you choose any of them?

milly

milly, I tried to search ES1371 drivers to download, but all sites I entered were paid sites or malwares ones. Unfortunately, the Creative website has no references to your sound card.

I'll scout around for drivers, but I've never seen that.

Maybe some other members can solve this ?

PS - Are you sure you do not have a Creative soundcard disk ?

Chris

yes chris im positive i do not have that disc. if you could tell me what the exact name of what it is im looking for i could have a look myself, you never know something could turn up

just to add

i cant thankyou enough for all your help and patience lol
at least i got one or two things sorted so thankyou very much

milly

Hey milly, we will solve that, for sure !
It will take some time but we'll got it

Just wait and see

is this the right one ? chris

ct 8503, es1373



milly

milly, I can not find any drivers for those references... but, Creative website have a "autoupdater" that can detect your soundcard and download the proper drivers for it... I do not know if it works, but I think it will not hurt if you try it

Please try this url http://us.creative.com/support/downloads/ and click on autoupdate link. You'll probably will be prompted to authorize cookies and ActiveX scripts to run, accept them, because it is a reliable site.

Post back with results

Chris

it comes up on the screen as internet explorer saying that some components are corrupted

milly

it also says i can search manually but i dont know what im looking for

Yes... so, it works

Some components may be corrupted. And if we do not know what exactly is your sound card model, we will not be able to manually search for drivers...

Have you tried to enable AC97 onboard sound on BIOS settings ?

lol i dont know where to find either of them, lol i have heard of BIOS but thats all. is bios when you switch on the computer and press f8 or something like that

think i need a holiday

milly

Yes... sometimes
Normally, you can access BIOS settings by hitting "Del" key on boot (before windows load)... on other systems, you may hit other keys... It's reported on the first (POST) screen... hit "???" if you want to access setup
You may be aware that, if you change some critical setting on there, your computer may not boot anymore, so, just search for "onboard sound" and cahnge it as you want (this is not a critical setting).

Chris...

by the way, I need a holiday too... saturday, I am going to a biker's meeting 50 miles from here, and I'll be back on sunday

Will drink a lot of cold beers and sleep on the beach