Hi!
Had same problem trying to install my 3-year old HP scanner to the parallel port. New WDM driver from HP web site didn't help. (WDM is the Win ME specific driver module). And you won't find up-to-date cameras listed in the Control Panel "Imaging Devices"--don't bother with that.

I realized I was installing from the original 3-year old CD, and ME didn't like it even after using the ME updated driver from HP. Sooo...tried this and it worked: removed the scanner software with its non-working update; then re-installed it (despite sneers from Win ME!); then back to HP site for the Win 98 updates and installed those, then installed the Win ME update on top of that. ME was suspicious at first, but accepted it and everything's now installed correctly (shown in Device Manager) and working fine. Actually, better & faster than it used to.

Hope this helps. Sort of a long work-around, but ME is a persnickity, stubborn, condescending old maid and you sorta gotta fool it!
Art Lady

Hi, Wizard 92:

Yeah, so was I (going nuts installing/uninstalling/re-installing). But ME is really the "last edition" of 98. And my scanner drivers on the CD were for Win 95. Upgrading to the 98 drivers seemed to make the whole thing more acceptable to ME. Still installed slowly (was afraid it was hanging up and I was losing the battle again); then everything just fell into place, Device Manager shows everything there & working, and I can scan again.
ME just wouldn't let me go straight from 95 drivers to ME drivers. Wanted that intermediate (98) step, or nothing doing. Am installing any old hardware/software the same way now when possible and it seems to work out well.

Art Lady

Hmmmm... I suppose a coordinated de-install/reinstall may work. First 16 times through, I was just flailing at it (pretty much).

Thanks.

Actually, Win ME was pretty cool and sedate until I got to the part about the USB!

Thanks, and take care.

Wanna see some pics of Valdez, Alaska (where I live)?

I put some out on the net...

http://www.alaska.net/~wizard/valdez/valdez1.html

Just got off phone with Olympus (I was only on-hold for about 5 mins), and they stepped me through it, and it now WORKS!!

Dont remember the steps EXACTLY, but it went something like this:

1. Plug in camera to usb and turn on, put camera in playback.
2. Put Camedia CD in.
3. Cancel out of install when it comes up.
4. Right-click "my computer".
5. Select "properties".
6. Select "Device Manager" tab. You should see "Other devices" with "C-2100 camera" under it.
7. Select it, (I think it was double-click, but dont recall)
8. Install updated driver (dont use "automatically find"). Use "brouse" to get to \USB\WIN98\OLCAMUDP.INF on the CD.
9. It may pause for a long time (3 - 4 mins) before it will finally decide "that must be it"....
10. Follow the "Next" buttons all the way to "Finish"...

You can now load images via USB!!! (you dont need to restart the system)

The key seems to be having the device plugged in and turned on so the device manager can find it and that opens up the way to installing the updated driver.

I suspect it may go this way for other cameras and other USB stuff (like scanners) as well when they are not in the device list.