Movie Maker not Reading my Camera

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i'm using a canon ZR50mc camcorder and a dell running XP. i've installed a
fire wire card and have sucessfully used it to capture video from my camera.
within the last couple days, something changed and now the computer does one
of two things. it either does not recognize the device at all or it does for
a couple minutes and then goes back to not recognizing it. this problem
first happened about two or three months ago. everything was fine.... the
computer and camera were talking, then one day i get error message saying
that no device is connected. it connects and shows the camera and then five
minutes later, the connection dissapears. so i quit for a couple weeks out
of frustration and buy another fire wire. after replacing the fire wire i am
able to connect again with no problems. that lasts for a couple weeks and
just recently i'm back to the same problems. it seems to coincide with my
installing updates. any help will be greatly appreciated.
 
If it's updates which are causing it then the camera wouldn't work for a few
minutes and then give up. My guess would be a poor connection somewhere, so
start by trying another cable, get a good quality one as 4 pin connections
are not the best. The try your cam on another pc that you know works with a
cam, and then a cam that is known to work on your pc.
 
it started working again after I completed an update to Microsoft Media
Player, why, I don't know...
 
Movie Maker and WMP are integral to Windows, so these need to be complete to
allow full use of each other.
 
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