Vacation 2.0 Flittr Experiment and Kodak EasyShare Software Problem

My experiment with ‘flittring’ (taking pictures as it happens and uploading to flickr, like twitter but with photos) is working very well. My husband is thrilled to be able to see what we are doing as it happens.

I decided to keep my real time phone camera pictures separate from my Kodak pictures so you can see my digital camera pictures at my Flickr set called Florida 2007 Camera Pics and my real-time pictures on my main flickr mellottrobinson site until I get them moved and then in my set called Florida October 2007.

I also have been taking pictures with my Kodak DX6490 Digital Camera and when I got to my sister’s apartment (she has wifi) I attempted to upload them to Flickr also. But for some reason, every time I pushed the ‘upload’ button, my laptop rebooted.

I tried everything, removed and reinstalled EasyShare software and the camera drivers, tried other software, tried going directly to PC instead of through dock, tried restoring my laptop back to a former backup point, etc. Still, every time I tried to upload, my PC rebooted. Very Frustrating!

So today I got on the Kodak website and did Instant Chat with a rep to troubleshoot it. They wanted me to remove and reinstall the EasyShare software but I’d already done that. So they said to remove the EasyShare software and disconnect the camera which I did. Then I plugged the camera back in and turned it on and it asked me what software I wanted to use to upload the pictures. I picked Microsoft Photo and Scanner upload software and it worked like a charm! Yay!

They wanted me to reinstall Kodak EasyShare software version 6.0 (it was on 6.4) but I said I’d wait until vacation was over until I try that. But if your computer reboots when you try to upload to EasyShare, either uninstall it and try again, or try Version 6.0.

~Susan Mellott