Scanner and Camera Wizard for Windows 7

I too am missing the Scanner and Camera wizard that made the downloading of pictures much easier as the previous commenters have said. Would love an update that made the task up picture uploading from a digital camera at the least as simply in Win7 as it was in XP. The people I work with are frustrated at me for putting them on Win7 and are asking me to take them back to XP because of that. And a few other minor things.

Hi,

The Scanner and Camera Installation wizard is primarily designed to install drivers for older scanners and cameras—and some networked scanners—that aren't automatically recognized by Windows.

Before using the wizard, connect your scanner or camera and turn it on. If Windows recognizes the device and installs the appropriate driver, you're all set. There's no need to run the wizard.

Refer: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Working-with-the-Scanner-and-Camera-Installation-Wizard

Regards,

Umesh P - Microsoft Support

The WinXP Scanner and Camera Wizard had a lot of functionality that I have not yet found available in Win7.  In particular, it allowed selective download from a camera.  The Win7 import pictures feature offloads everything, and from a camera that has thousands of images, this can take a while, when all I want is to get the 20 or so latest photos or videos.

Another use-case I miss from WinXP's Scanner and Camera Wizard is the ability to tag each selective download.  This capability may be offered in post-download processing on Win7, but we have to first get around the fact that I don't want all thousand of my nephew's photos, just the ones he took a few minutes ago.

I miss the XP version of the camera wizard, what is the easiest one to use for Windows 7, or is there a way to download the one for the XP to Windows 7:

 

I am having the same issues with my Windows 7 software while using the Scanner & Camera Wizard and miss how it operated using XP.  I do not understand why there is not a way to download the old drivers and have it work the same.  To date Microsoft has not answered this question.  I feel as if I wasted yet more time and frustration with this issue.

The question is not about hardware installation, but about "Download pictures from a camera or scanner" (description of WinXP program). I have the same question about downloading.

I have not been able to locate the Windows program that will let me name the photo files before downloading.  It names the folder, and allows tags, but does NOT let me name the files like the WinXP "Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard".