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Ray The output from ver tells me you are running a fully patched Window 10 (prior to the Creators update). You might want to download Avast and install it again - at least you know how to fix it if the problem occurs again. All AV products have 'special' clean-up program. I spent 30 years supporting...

Ray Have a look at the Avast removal tool https://www.avast.com/uninstall-utility . The Avast uninstall via Windows might not clean up completely. This might have something to do with why Windows Defender is playing up as well. I tried to reproduce the problem by installing Avast Free on a Windows 1...

Ray

That is another Avast PC with the symptoms.

Can you open a command prompt and post the output of the ver command please, so I can see which version of Windows you are using.

Dave

Thanks for trying that. At least the error can be reproduced consistently on your hardware. There are 4 variants of Avast - Premier, Internet Security, Pro, Free - which are you using? There are also articles on the web about how to configure Avast to exclude programs from the various shields. It mi...

dbunna2

The big test now is to re-install Avast and see what the effect is.

Dave

Folks A summary of this thread so far: Problems with SharpCap across XP, Vista, Win 10 and Win 10 + Creators All the machines were working correctly up to 29th April Problems start on 30th April Internal cameras and other cameras not working What, if any, antivirus products are being run on these ma...

It turns out that the ZWO 120 in question has an electronic fault and is being returned to the vendor - the owner emailed me (it was in relation to a thread on the Altair Google Group).

Dave

Have a look at http://docs.sharpcap.co.uk/2.9/#Mainten ... 20Profiles

Dave

Mark I had a look at the APU-1 manual. If you have the base model, then a frame grabber is needed for computer capture. If you have the video streaming model then USB to computer without a frame grabber is possible. Other items I have found useful with my DSO-1 are: Video balun http://www.ebay.co.uk...

There is a manual for the APU-1 on the AVS Yahoo Group site - which you will not be able to access. If you Private Message me with your email, I will forward on the manual. It is 13 pages long but should get you started. I have a DSO-1 and captures made with SharpCap are via a USB video capture devi...