USB microscopes

[Basil]

I am having dreadful problems with google chrome running
Could Windows 10 be causing a problem with that as well by any chance?

Yes,Anniversary 10 & Chrome are causing problems on some computers especially with Ebay.Surfing Ebay with Edge is the immediate fix until there is an update from Google,you can't delete Edge so its on your Win. 10.

[runway]

Windows 7 and XP are still the best platform for most hardware
I refuse to use Windows 10 simply because most of my hardware doesn't have drivers which work with it

[robbiegal]

I suspected that there might be an incompatibility somewhere in the background but I am not all that computer savvy

I have a HP with windows 10 now

I have had the computer for a few years

ps just looked up the edge browser information - thank-you - didn't know about it at all

Chrome worked fine for ages but now when I click the icon to open it all I get is a little wheel and then nothing - the only way I seem to be able to get google is to open up internet explorer and then search for google and then I sometimes can get chrome to open but I think it has been more coincidence

the message says "chrome application exe did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion"

very annoying as I hate using explorer as it defaults to the MSN

[Pedro]

RG - you can change the default home page through the Control Panel - Network and Internet/Internet Options/Change Your Home Page (if I have interpreted your comment correctly).

Pedro

[robbiegal]

yes you have
and yes I have been trying that but it doesn't seem to keep the settings

[kchan1111]

I guess you can try the Chrome cleanup tool

https://www.google.com/chrome/cleanup-tool/index.html

You can always uninstall and reinstall it. If you have signed into Google, it will remember all your bookmarks etc.

[Basil]

You can always uninstall and reinstall it. If you have signed into Google, it will remember all your bookmarks etc.

Yeah,that's the easiest as it gets rid of the copy in the background as well.If this is a deliberate attempt by MS to thwart Google then belt yourselves in for a entertaining couple of years.
The problem with Chrome & Ebay on 10 is apparently something do with the ads loading so hopefully a compatibility issue of some kind that will be fixed.

[kchan1111]

Yeah,that's the easiest as it gets rid of the copy in the background as well.If this is a deliberate attempt by MS to thwart Google then belt yourselves in for a entertaining couple of years.
The problem with Chrome & Ebay on 10 is apparently something do with the ads loading so hopefully a compatibility issue of some kind that will be fixed.

I have ad blockers so I don't see ads.

[Basil]

My USB Microscope stopped working on my 64 Bit Windows Version 1904 some time back,it(Windows 10) has just updated to version 2004 and i thought i would try again.
I deleted all KB S/w ,rebooted and loaded the KB(Kaiser Bass) S/w and Win 10 did its magic and now it is working again.
Hope this helps someone as i prefer KB to the inhouse Microsoft 'Camera' which also works.

[JeffH]

I managed to get my new, 5 megapixel, microscope working some time back but only with some software and not all features available with any one software.
My older 2Mp one wasn't much of a problem with Win64.

And, surprise, surprise, the newer one does not give any better image than the old one. The documentation does say it has a 5Mp sensor but I wonder about that.

[fred lever]

I use a Jaycar post mounted unit at the moment, BUT, mounted it on a longer post and use external lighting.
The thing comes from the same factory as the $30 ebay ones, but must be upmarket because  the optics are better.
I did try one of the ebay types, but the optics were rubbish, I told them to refund or else, they did that and said dont send it back!
Probably out of spec junk sold by a trader.

The QC3199 assumes you are an idiot and has  auto Iris, auto focus and auto this n that.
Basic software with very little control over operation.
Better than nothing, you can go by the pictures in my articles.
I have a all shooting all dancing camera but could not be bothered.

You can focus the Jaycar thing, lock it and slide coin after coin under it and show the image on a big monitior.
No need for a magnifying glass.
I run it on a  windows 7  desktop, the drivers supplied with it work ok.

IT IS NOT MICROSCOPE by any test, you cannot  continuously set depth of field, magnification, light level and the other 6 things you need to set either by software or manually. It wobbles and jitters but only costs $100 or so , you get what you pay for.
The thing has no adjusting wheels to set things, its just a high school level product, but you can work around things and get some good pix out of it, once agin check my mag pix.

Fred.

[JeffH]

My newer one a piece of 16mm curtain rod was perfect replacement for the too short, supplied post. My older one I made my own adjustable mount -a bit "Heath Robinson" but it does the job.

[fred lever]

re #27.
Well done Jeff!
My Jaycar unit is the same breed as yours, same useless knurled barrel  as the only adjustment for the optics, same body.
I have not made up a height adjustor like yours. (better copy that before you slap a patent on it!)
Similar, I cut up a piece of shower curtain rail for the shaft, but used the original clamping box and knurled  nuts.
(Slightly different mount piece to yours, but I do have another just like yours)
Its far easier to use than setting the camera on the tripod and a stand to sit the coin on.
That scope body seems to be the "go to" body in most of the cheap units.
The rubbish one I got a refund on had optics that were so bad there were aberrations ( blurry areas) in the image at any adjustement.
The lens were just warped. They reminded me of the lens in those cheap "one use" cameras, bits of stamped plastic!
Beats squinting through a glass and you can keep blowing the image up until you run out of pixels!

Fred.

[Unicorn]

Top job Jeff! Much better than the contraption and lighting arrangement I managed to put together!

[JeffH]

That stand was from odds and ends. Most came from and old TV antenna.
Only part I purchased was threaded rod for height adjuster.