this may be the artilce about dial a fix. Broken Windows Fixed Quick with Dial-a-Fix dial a fix is a neat little tool and is used on the support forums, it is generally preferred that it be used with the guidance of support forum teams or from djlizards lunarsoft forum. It does basically what we have been doing by typing in the commands in command line but it does all the typing for you which is good because it is easy to type wrong of course. You can definitely try it just for this application. If you want to check out their forum here is the link Lunarsoft and a link to his wiki about dial-a-fix Dial-a-fix Lynn you could try going ahead to windows update and running it again it might give you the option to uncheck sp3 (to not install) if it does not and looks like it is going to install it you can always just hit cancel. OR another option is to go now and get that sp3 blocker tool I posted the link for in the sp3 thread and install that on your pc so that if it does try to install it that tool should block it.

I'm not sure which you'd like to buy but I found: SD Card, SDHC Card, MultiMediaCard, MultiMediaCard Plus listed as memory card options for this camera. What I'd do is call PC CONNECTION and let them help you decide. They are a great electronics/computer catalog company in NH (no sales tax and very good prices). They have been in business since the late 1980's I think. They have great tech people who can help you with your decision. I once wanted a kind of expensive cable for my computer to hook it up to a printer and their phone rep wouldn't sell it to me! He said I could get the job done with a product that cost 1/3 the price. It was new and not yet in their catalog. I took his advice and he was right. Saved me about $150. I trust them and they have never steered me wrong. You can get their 800 number from their website. You are going to LOVE your Cannon camera. Get the most memory you can! You will be making mini movies all the time! Good luck. LENVT Here is a link that might be useful: PCconnection

We have a Nikon D40X, which has been discontinued in favor of the D60. You know you can't beat a DSLR. Not only is the picture quality amazing at the fastest iso settings, there is absolutely no delay when you take a picture. As a matter of fact, if sports are important to you, 3 frames a second in continuous mode is what you'll want. It delivers. It's also nice to be able to change lenses. I look at it as upgradeable. There is a drawback, size. Because of the size and weight of the camera we actually just bought a compact to supplement. We use the compact for everyday type events and the Nikon for the bigger ones (as long as I'm the one carrying it around). Okay, why'd I tell you all that when your looking for a compact? Because our compact is an Olympus Stylus 1010 and the picture quality rivals the Nikon. Both are 10 megapixel cameras (actually the Olympus is 10.1). Of course we can do much more with the Nikon but the Olympus is much more convenient when traveling or just taking everyday shots. The Olympus cost us $400 with extended warranty, 2x 2gig xD memory chips, and bag. You can get a Nikon D60 for about $650 is you look hard enough. And D40X for a little less than that. Either one is under 4 digits. If you haven't already, take a look at the Olympus. Klaa2

DO NOT FORMAT unless you are ready to wipe the card of any data. Also, format the card only while in your camera, e.g., let your camera do the formatting. A number of camera makers do special formats bsead on their own system. Usually, it means it reserves some space at the beginning of the file to record settings and time/date (file header). The photo content, if recorded in a standard format such as jpg will be the same as any other jpg format written by other equipment. If you format a card in other equipment, it may not be recognized by your camera and will ask if you wish to format it. That may be waht happened at Walgreens: Your card had a special file structure that was not recognized by Walgreens equipment, i.e., it wasn't smart enough to search the file for the begining of the picture content, or the photo was recorded using a technique not recognized the the machine. For example, if the card was written by a Kodak camera using their pciture format, pcn, it may not have been recognizable by the Walgreen photo machine. What to do: Find out what types of media the Walgreen machine can accept (CD, USB thumb drive) and which photo formats it can read (jpg, tiff, raw, etc.) Transfer the photos from your camera to a computer files such as hard disk, data CD, USB thumb drive, etc., and then take a copy on a CD, USB drive, etc to Walgreens for printing. Again, do not format your data media in the Walgreens machine. Do all your formating back at home. One caution: If you format a card in the camera, make sure its cells are charged or use an external power supply if you have one. Running out of power while formatting is a bad thing.