canon Rebel XTI software

I just purchased the rebel XTi camera for my husband for christmas .
He has a canon A30 now which came with Zoombrowser . The new camera has
a newer version of the same software. My question to those who may know
is will the newer version simply overwrite the o;der version or will I
need to uninstall the version I now have and then load the new version
.. I will be doing this as my husband knows nothing about computers.
Thanks Fran

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I just purchased the rebel XTi camera for my husband for christmas .
He has a canon A30 now which came with Zoombrowser . The new camera has
a newer version of the same software. My question to those who may know
is will the newer version simply overwrite the o;der version or will I
need to uninstall the version I now have and then load the new version
. I will be doing this as my husband knows nothing about computers.
Thanks Fran

Mac or PC ?
Regardless, uninstall the previous version anyhow.
Best not to leave any pesky old files hanging around.
Not much of an issue on the Mac, but old DLL files on the
PC can cause the odd headache.

Gary.

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I just purchased the rebel XTi camera for my husband for christmas .
He has a canon A30 now which came with Zoombrowser . The new camera has
a newer version of the same software. My question to those who may know
is will the newer version simply overwrite the o;der version or will I
need to uninstall the version I now have and then load the new version
. I will be doing this as my husband knows nothing about computers.
Thanks Fran

Mac or PC ?
Regardless, uninstall the previous version anyhow.
Best not to leave any pesky old files hanging around.
Not much of an issue on the Mac, but old DLL files on the
PC can cause the odd headache.

Gary.
Thanks I am using a PC windows XP home edition

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Thanks I am using a PC windows XP home edition

Yup,
Start/settings/control panel/Add Remove software.

Select the program and remove it, reboot.
Restart and install the new software.
Check its working, 'Bobs your Uncle' !!!

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Thanks I am using a PC windows XP home edition

Yup,
Start/settings/control panel/Add Remove software.

Select the program and remove it, reboot.
Restart and install the new software.
Check its working, 'Bobs your Uncle' !!!
If I remove the original software from the PC will I still be able to
download from the smaller digital canon a30 , I think he will still
want to use it for some quick photos when we travel . will the new
drivers work for the smaller older camera. or should i leave all the
files from the original camera in place

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Thanks I am using a PC windows XP home edition

Yup,
Start/settings/control panel/Add Remove software.

Select the program and remove it, reboot.
Restart and install the new software.
Check its working, 'Bobs your Uncle' !!!
If I remove the original software from the PC will I still be able to
download from the smaller digital canon a30 , I think he will still
want to use it for some quick photos when we travel . will the new
drivers work for the smaller older camera. or should i leave all the
files from the original camera in place


Get a card reader instead, then you don't need the drivers from either
camera.

Mark

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Thanks I am using a PC windows XP home edition

Yup,
Start/settings/control panel/Add Remove software.

Select the program and remove it, reboot.
Restart and install the new software.
Check its working, 'Bobs your Uncle' !!!
If I remove the original software from the PC will I still be able to
download from the smaller digital canon a30 , I think he will still
want to use it for some quick photos when we travel . will the new
drivers work for the smaller older camera. or should i leave all the
files from the original camera in place


Get a card reader instead, then you don't need the drivers from either
camera.

Mark

I really do not want to purchase another piece of equipment . I like
haveing the photos on my pc . I use my pc to copy the photos to CD also
to make DVD slideshows . We also e-mail the photos to friends out of
town so I think I need to just work with the PC. It is an option if
all else fails. I hope the Manuals may shed some light. Guess I will
just need to wait until Christmas morning

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Thanks I am using a PC windows XP home edition

Yup,
Start/settings/control panel/Add Remove software.

Select the program and remove it, reboot.
Restart and install the new software.
Check its working, 'Bobs your Uncle' !!!
If I remove the original software from the PC will I still be able to
download from the smaller digital canon a30 , I think he will still
want to use it for some quick photos when we travel . will the new
drivers work for the smaller older camera. or should i leave all the
files from the original camera in place


Get a card reader instead, then you don't need the drivers from either
camera.

Mark




Not a bad idea at all. It seems to take forever to download images from the
camera using Canon's software.

With a Sandisk Extreme III CF and a Sandisk firewire reader, I was able to
download over 70 images (800MB) in a bit over one (1) minute to a 7200 RPM
hard disk (RAID 0). This was done using a DOS command prompt with no image
software running (Zoombrowser or Bridge).

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I just purchased the rebel XTi camera for my husband for christmas .
He has a canon A30 now which came with Zoombrowser . The new camera has
a newer version of the same software. My question to those who may know
is will the newer version simply overwrite the o;der version or will I
need to uninstall the version I now have and then load the new version
. I will be doing this as my husband knows nothing about computers.
Thanks Fran


Hi.

We have 3 Cameras. A Fuji, a Canon and a Nikon.

We do not have any of their Software on the Computer.

The Nikon was on for a little while, but soon got removed because it was
useless. I cannot imagine the Canon is any better, the Cd has never been
out of its sleeve.

Just get a card reader and a decent Image Editing Program.

You will not regret it.

Roy G

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Thanks I am using a PC windows XP home edition
Yup,
Start/settings/control panel/Add Remove software.

Select the program and remove it, reboot.
Restart and install the new software.
Check its working, 'Bobs your Uncle' !!!
If I remove the original software from the PC will I still be able to
download from the smaller digital canon a30 , I think he will still
want to use it for some quick photos when we travel . will the new
drivers work for the smaller older camera. or should i leave all the
files from the original camera in place

Get a card reader instead, then you don't need the drivers from either
camera.

Mark

I really do not want to purchase another piece of equipment . I like
haveing the photos on my pc . I use my pc to copy the photos to CD also
to make DVD slideshows . We also e-mail the photos to friends out of
town so I think I need to just work with the PC. It is an option if
all else fails. I hope the Manuals may shed some light. Guess I will
just need to wait until Christmas morning

As long as you have the drivers for the older camera, your new software
should work fine.. If worse comes to worse, you can download the drivers
from the Canon site.

P.