we have an old laptop that has vista on it, but it has so many corruption errors that the mobius software wouldnt load....
so with the information i had above i started researching usb flash drives not being recognized, i came across a windows hotfix about windows disabling usb ports within the OS software when you disconnect something.... seems simple enough with that idea. i could see that happening... the physical port is still live for a new device, but internally at the software level the port is "off" for that specific device....
so anyways, i went through the hotfix which contains a regedit, not scared, done them before....
i put a new entry into the registry to set a value to "0" for the computer to do nothing when a usb item is plugged in or unplugged, so it doesnt do anything at the software level so to speak when turning the ports on and off...
didnt work at first with my friends camera, but before i gave up, i tried my camera, it worked! holy shat it worked... so i updated my firmware on my camera via the GUI, then adjusted my settings then saved it, plugged my friends cam in, nothing....
so i tried proces of elimination, i put my card (after formatting in the GUI) in his camera, now his camera is recognized.... so im assuming the regedit allowed my camera with a good card to work, and before without the regedit his "bad" car so to speak was causing this issue.... i dont know why before my camera wasnt recognized, unless the regedit actually was the issue.
thank you for the assistance!