Thanks for your response. Yes, I have used the USB ports on the laptop with thumb drives and an HP SimpleSave backup drive, and they work fine. The "EOS Digital Solution Disk Software 29.0A for Windows" package I installed contains Canon Utilities ...
I also have a Rebel XT, and I have been uploading my pictures to my desktop PC using the EOS utility since 2006 with no problems. But I just bought an older laptop, and I had to reload Windows 8.1 onto it. I tried downloading and installing: "EOS D...