Hi,
First of all congratulations on your first grandchild.
You can never take too many pictures :)
Anyway,
It looks like AutoPlay was disabled somehow.
First line of "attack" :-)  :
After you plug in the camera, click on My Computer.
You should see the camera as a drive, USB device or Removable disk.
R-click it and select Properties > Properties panel opens > Autoplay tab.
Using the dropdown arrow,from the menu select Pictures
Under Actions, tick the radio button (Select an action to perform)
Then scroll down to Copy pictures to a folder using Microsoft Scanner 
and Camera Wizard.
Click Apply and then OK.You may have to disconnect and then reconnect 
the camera,
 for this to work.
Note:Always use the Safely Remove Hardware for the camera,which shows 
its icon on the Taskbar.
There is a chance for corruption if you just unplug the USB cable 
without stopping the device.

Info:
Downloading pictures from your digital camera
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/takeit/transfer.mspx

If the above did not work,there is the Autoplay Repair Wizard from 
Microsoft.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c680a7b6-e8fa-45c4-a171-1b389cfacdad&DisplayLang=en 
<http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/takeit/transfer.mspx>
or the short URL  http://tinyurl.com/stus

A nice little (free) utility that has extended options for Autoplay is
Autoplay Repair  http://www-stud.uni-essen.de/~sddabacz/prog.php?id=apr 
<http://www-stud.uni-essen.de/%7Esddabacz/prog.php?id=apr>

There are more reasons why autoplay won't run,but try the above first.

Peter Ekkerman.


<http://www-stud.uni-essen.de/%7Esddabacz/prog.php?id=apr>

Mike said the following on 28/12/2007 8:28 AM:
> I am a computer novice. In the past, I would load photos from my digital camera into my computer by just plugging into it. I would then get a menu type option from MS Scanner and Camera Wizard. I would choose what I wanted to do -- copy to a folder, and that was it. It did the job that I wanted. 
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> A few days ago, someone used my computer to try and retrieve photos and now when I plug my camera in, I hear a beep which is normal, but nothing shows on the computer screen. I have no idea how to fix this. The person using the computer said that they didn't do any changes or so they say. 
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> I do have a program that came with the camera but I do not like using it, it seems to take longer. I prefer the Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard. Can anyone help me? This new Grandmom would really appreciate it.
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> We have our first grandchild, almost six months old and it is just way too easy to take many pictures with a digital camera -- always saying I'm going to delete the extras but can't seem to do it. We love that the pics can be viewed on the computer or our DVD player and also put on a CD. Digital cameras are the best for Grandmoms and Grandpops -- we just have to learn how to use them. Thank you for any advice that you offer, we really appreciate it.
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