CANNOT ACCESS "MY COMPUTER" AFTER VIDEO CAPTURE

[SWEAT]

Hi guys... im having problems everytime i connect my videocam on my pc, it captures the video pretty well.... but after capturing it, i cant seem to access "MY COMPUTER" anymore. Sometimes i cant connect to the internet.
What do you think the problem is? I would really appreciate if you guys could help me...thanx.

[x21x]

What program are you using to capture? have you tried using a different program?

[SWEAT]

before...i used movie maker 2 and that was the first time it acted strange....so i installed pinnacle 7 hoping that it will behave differently..but unfortunately, it did not.... what do you think is the problem?

[x21x]

Thats really weird are you up to date on the xp updates and drivers? do you unplug the camera after you have finished capturing, if not try it.

[SWEAT]

I did that before....and i have all the xp updates, but its still the same. Sometimes my pc seems to slow down.

[x21x]

hmmm, I really dont know what else to say, usually its just a program issue, but you have tried different programs. My guess would be that you have a problem with windo$ . Your computer running slow usually happens when there a programs runnning in the background. Run a virus & ad/spyware, maybe you're infected.

[dead_indian_walking]

TRY ASKING LORDSMURF this is his speciality

[Jayhawk]

SWEAT, can you do a ctrl-alt-del and check your process list. Sort it by CPU usage and see if you have a renegade process that isn't closing. Does the camera plug into a USB, Firewire, serial port, or capture card. It sounds like you capture program isn't wrapping this up completely when it closes. I assume when you reboot everything is OK again. Is that right.

[SWEAT]

Actually, i have to restore the system in order to make it work normal again...booting doesnt do the trick, my videocam is connected to a firewire....its funny coz it works perfectly in other firewire based hardware, except on my videocam.