Comments on: Logitech’s strategy to rip you off with Windows Vista http://blog.tarotoast.com/2007/03/13/350/ Personal blog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:45:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Vincent http://blog.tarotoast.com/2007/03/13/350/comment-page-1/#comment-68834 Vincent Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:11:59 +0000 http://blog.tarotoast.com/2007/03/13/350/#comment-68834 Thanks a lot for this help : my Quickcam Messenger is alive again ! But incredible : so many people must have bought new cams due to this unfair behaviour of Logitech. I will stop buying Logitech products Thanks a lot for this help : my Quickcam Messenger is alive again !

But incredible : so many people must have bought new cams due to this unfair behaviour of Logitech.

I will stop buying Logitech products

]]> By: happynow http://blog.tarotoast.com/2007/03/13/350/comment-page-1/#comment-39538 happynow Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:47:56 +0000 http://blog.tarotoast.com/2007/03/13/350/#comment-39538 tarotoast, thanks for your help! I followed your instructions and now my QuickCam MEssenger is now working on Vista!! I was going to buy a new cam but now there is no need to. Thanks!!! tarotoast, thanks for your help! I followed your instructions and now my QuickCam MEssenger is now working on Vista!! I was going to buy a new cam but now there is no need to. Thanks!!!

]]> By: tarotoast http://blog.tarotoast.com/2007/03/13/350/comment-page-1/#comment-30520 tarotoast Thu, 17 May 2007 08:12:10 +0000 http://blog.tarotoast.com/2007/03/13/350/#comment-30520 You are right. There is indeed a Vista driver package now. Thanks for the update and your through explanation I probably should took a screen shot back then. Like you said, the software bundle is the one that is probably broken under Vista, while the actual driver should work. However, when I choose Vista driver (before I post this article), it tells me this specific webcam is not compatible with Vista and encourage me to buy one of their compatible webcams. I feel that this is very misleading to a lot of users. I can totally see people buying new webcams after seeing that error message, and I think that is absolutely wrong. If they were to say they are working on a Vista-ready installer, that will be a different story. You are right. There is indeed a Vista driver package now. Thanks for the update and your through explanation

I probably should took a screen shot back then. Like you said, the software bundle is the one that is probably broken under Vista, while the actual driver should work. However, when I choose Vista driver (before I post this article), it tells me this specific webcam is not compatible with Vista and encourage me to buy one of their compatible webcams. I feel that this is very misleading to a lot of users. I can totally see people buying new webcams after seeing that error message, and I think that is absolutely wrong. If they were to say they are working on a Vista-ready installer, that will be a different story.

]]> By: Shawn Stratton http://blog.tarotoast.com/2007/03/13/350/comment-page-1/#comment-30518 Shawn Stratton Thu, 17 May 2007 06:34:31 +0000 http://blog.tarotoast.com/2007/03/13/350/#comment-30518 I'm not really sure how to respond to your post, I understand the problem with hardware compatibility and a new OS (trust me this is nowhere near as big of a headache as just 95 to 98 was,) however, if you look there is a "vista" driver pack there. I have a camera slightly up from your model, QuickCam IM (Cheapo Wal-Mart with a laptop compatible base) and I've used Vista since Beta 2, there have been problems with the actual software for Vista, for example mine keeps crashing, but the drivers for almost all their cameras have worked since beta 2 of Vista. The message is probably in regards to the actual software you were installing, but furthermore, keep in mind that once a camera, or any piece of hardware, passes it's end of life (when support stops) most companies wont update the drivers for future os's, and that's not just limited to logitech. Luckily the HAL and the driver base are close enough to xp to where most drivers should work. You have to also understand that the installer Logitech offers is like ATi's and nVidia's in the fact that it handles multiple pieces of hardware in a series, so while your specific camera may not be supported, other cameras in the same family are. I hope some of my ranting made sense, good luck. I’m not really sure how to respond to your post, I understand the problem with hardware compatibility and a new OS (trust me this is nowhere near as big of a headache as just 95 to 98 was,) however, if you look there is a “vista” driver pack there. I have a camera slightly up from your model, QuickCam IM (Cheapo Wal-Mart with a laptop compatible base) and I’ve used Vista since Beta 2, there have been problems with the actual software for Vista, for example mine keeps crashing, but the drivers for almost all their cameras have worked since beta 2 of Vista. The message is probably in regards to the actual software you were installing, but furthermore, keep in mind that once a camera, or any piece of hardware, passes it’s end of life (when support stops) most companies wont update the drivers for future os’s, and that’s not just limited to logitech. Luckily the HAL and the driver base are close enough to xp to where most drivers should work. You have to also understand that the installer Logitech offers is like ATi’s and nVidia’s in the fact that it handles multiple pieces of hardware in a series, so while your specific camera may not be supported, other cameras in the same family are. I hope some of my ranting made sense, good luck.

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