Cooling Tech Digital Microscope Drivers
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Or read our to learn how to use this site. The microscope may need an earlier version of.NET. Enable.NET 3.5 which includes.NET 2. I am not that familiar with Windows 10. This option is available in Windows 8.1.
Hopefully it is in Windows 10 also. A) Press “ Windows Logo” + “ R” keys on the keyboard. B ) Type “ appwiz.cpl” in the “ Run” command box and press “ ENTER”.
C) In the “ Programs and Features” window, click on the link “ Turn Windows features on or off”. D) Check if the “.NET Framework 3.5 (includes.NET 2.0 and 3.0)” option is available in it. E) If yes, then enable it and then click on “ OK”. F) Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation and restart the computer, if prompted. Edit: You can also access Windows Features by typing Windows Features in the Search Box. Edited by JohnC21, 13 March 2016 - 06:24 PM. I had a similar problem after going to Windows 10 with software that came with a Tasco USB microscope.
I found an easy workaround using IP Camera Viewer 3 (Free - ). It supports both USB web cam and IP network based cameras. To capture snapshots, I put the viewer in full screen mode and use Wisdom Soft Screen Hunter screen capture software. Deskshare.com also has a non-free Security Monitor Pro software that can do recording etc. I am not affiliated with either company - was just frustrated that I was looking at throwing away the Tasco Microscope until I happened across this solution.
Edited by hamluis, 15 January 2017 - 07:48 AM. Removed duplicate content - Hamluis. I found that the IP camera allows me to do a lot with my microscope, however smartcamera.exe allows me to take photo's with it, and that was what I needed. I just purchased mine from takeitback.com for 11 bucks plus 12 shipping new in the box. The driver disk says it is for Windows 7 down, but most of the software does function, except it cannot take the pictures.
I guess a fellow will have to use a combination of software to do everything I want to do with it. Sad to, the box indicates there is a Windows 10 driver for it, or at least there is a box that the maker can check that says Windows 8 and 10, however the box for Windows 7 and below was checked on mine. Probably why it was going cheap on that auction site. Heck maybe it isn't all that cheap after all, however I have seen them going for 50 to 100 bucks in different sites so i must be a rather open question of the value.
I purchased mine because I have a lot of trouble of late with junk boards from China. For example I just got an Orange Pi from a seller, and it never has worked. Now that I have the scope working, I took photo's of the very poor quality of soldering done on the board. Looks bad indeed, like perhaps some 7 year old kid with a rusty nail and a torch did the soldering. Since the board is all SMD I am sure it was re-flowed but the quality of the solder was very poor. How to use USB Microscope previously OK on PC with Windows XP, 7, 8 but not working on a PC running Windows 10 ( say after update) I too had problems with a USB microscope previously running perfectly on 2 computers I have - one running XP and the other running Windows 7 When I updated the Windows 7 computer to Windows 10 with the free update the microscope failed to work ( still OK on the XP computer) I tried the work-arounds mentioned previously on this forum with no success.
Cooling Tech Digital Microscope Software
I found a simple answer on the Microsoft help website - Windows 10 has a dedicated camera app and this worked for me. The app can be accessed on a Windows 10 computer as follows- Connect the USB microscope to the computer as usual.
In 'Search Windows' ( just to the right of START icon on the bottom bar ) enter Camera. Usually the first (top) result will be the dedicated camera app (may see it as Camera- Trusted Windows Store App) Click on this and hey presto you should see an image from your microscope and be able to take a photo This worked for me and saved me throwing the unit in the bin I would welcome feedback from others - did this work for you? Weird, when I upgraded from 7 - 10 this exact device (eBay bought microscope) wouldn't work. My friend who has the same product even told me his computer pretty much bluescreen:ed and got messed up because of the hardware, so he didn't dare have it plugged in. After that, I have left this gadget in the closet. Now, I found this thread and got curious, so I plugged it back in.
Funny, now the device automatically was accepted and turned up under Device Manager, using the regular 'USB2.0 UVC PC Camera' driver (built-in).