I purchased a Samsung DV cam which came w/ VS7.0 SE. When installing (XP PRO, 512MRam, plenty HD space) there was a MS certificate warning that this prod did not meet their requirements. The install seemed to go through okay. Now, when capturing I have multiple issues. When capturing (via USB directly from vcam) the results are very jerky and grainy. During capture (usually 4-6 minutes into the process) PC clicks (sounds like pwr supply turns off) SHUTS DOWN (no error box or warning) and restarts with disk scan for errors. I allow the scan to perform and typically I will restart PC again. Is there a patch for this version t allow users to successfully make a successfully transfer to PC? I know that some software SE verisons are sometimes limited in their features but this makes the product totally useless. If this is typical why does Ulead bundle a useless product for XP? TY
BTW, I use the default settings for VS (i.e., to create AVI file).
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Hardly! 
But it is interesting you got the Microsoft message. I have been using XP Pro for a couple of years now, and have installed VS 7, 8 and 9 on my system (and on a couple of others also using Pro, and one with Home) and have never seen such a message. And it has nothing to do with it being an SE version. As you rightly surmise, the SE tag merely indicates some features are crippled, not the whole program.
As for your capture problem, you have simply not followed the normal procedure of capturing from a DV video camera -- and I daresay, your camera's manual would make that clear!
But capturing high quality DV digital video is simply not possible with your camera using the USB connection. Since you don't tell us the model of your camera, I have to guess, but it is possible that the USB connection on your camera may only be USB 1.0, in which case it is simply not fast enough for video transfer -- mainly used for still image transfer. Even if it is USB 2.0, it is much more likely to be for transferring video only at web camera 'streaming' (i.e low) quality. But by the sounds of it, it is not meant even for that.
What you have to use is Firewire, and I am sure your camera will have a mini 4-pin Firewire port (possibly called i-Link or at least IEEE-1394 on the Samsung). The problem is that no camera manufacturer I know of includes a Firewire cable with the camera, yet they always provide a USB cable, which costs around the same, but gives rise to the erroneous idea that this is what is to be used. Apart from some very expensive, very recent models of a few brands of digital vidcams (plus those with built-in hard drives or which use mini-DVD discs), though, Firewire is what you need. Of course, you also need a Firewire port on your computer, and if you don't have one, you will need to install a Firewire card which should not, however, cost too much.
Good luck.
But it is interesting you got the Microsoft message. I have been using XP Pro for a couple of years now, and have installed VS 7, 8 and 9 on my system (and on a couple of others also using Pro, and one with Home) and have never seen such a message. And it has nothing to do with it being an SE version. As you rightly surmise, the SE tag merely indicates some features are crippled, not the whole program.As for your capture problem, you have simply not followed the normal procedure of capturing from a DV video camera -- and I daresay, your camera's manual would make that clear!
But capturing high quality DV digital video is simply not possible with your camera using the USB connection. Since you don't tell us the model of your camera, I have to guess, but it is possible that the USB connection on your camera may only be USB 1.0, in which case it is simply not fast enough for video transfer -- mainly used for still image transfer. Even if it is USB 2.0, it is much more likely to be for transferring video only at web camera 'streaming' (i.e low) quality. But by the sounds of it, it is not meant even for that.What you have to use is Firewire, and I am sure your camera will have a mini 4-pin Firewire port (possibly called i-Link or at least IEEE-1394 on the Samsung). The problem is that no camera manufacturer I know of includes a Firewire cable with the camera, yet they always provide a USB cable, which costs around the same, but gives rise to the erroneous idea that this is what is to be used. Apart from some very expensive, very recent models of a few brands of digital vidcams (plus those with built-in hard drives or which use mini-DVD discs), though, Firewire is what you need. Of course, you also need a Firewire port on your computer, and if you don't have one, you will need to install a Firewire card which should not, however, cost too much.
Good luck.
Ken Berry