My Nikon coolpix 5200 will not let me re-set it. When I get the re-set on the screen it just skips past it. I just keep getting ( this card cannot be used ) on the screen & no memory card is inserted

I am NOT an expert on this problem as I have never changed languages. Language is typically in the TOOLS menu (Wrench) It you get to settings and English is greyed out then I am stuck. If you have many settings you want to keep please ignore what I say here. One workaround that MAY work is reset to factory settings. It could be one of your settings that keeps language setting greyed out. A reset makes the camera like you just purchased it new.

Correct. The 5200 works with SD cards, 2GB or smaller. It will not work with higher-capacity SDHC cards.

Do you have the camera set on "BURST MODE" it sure sounds like it, if not you have a bad shutter button.

Make sure that the little lock switch on the card is in the unlocked position. See this link for more info.

Insert it into the camera

call up the menu on the camera for the settings
select prepare card (format)

Takes about 20-30 seconds for most 1-2 Gb cards

the card is probably too big . try a 2 gb .. some cameras cant take higher capacity cards

Solution 1 Card has a protection tab, it could be in the locked position, try moving it. then try in camera.
Solution 2 use a progran like Image Rescue, downloadable from www.lexamedia.com to save images & then re format card

You can download PictureProject software from this address: http://chsv-soft.nikon-image.com/jpn/software/win/S-P2____-175WU-JPNJP.exe

That is the only Nikon software that supports Vista since your camera is "outdated".

Here is a quote from Nikon site:

• We had released a Windows Vista-compatible version of PictureProject, v1.7.5, for use with the models listed below, and all models that followed. PTP (models supporting the PTP protocol) and Mass storage USB transfer options can be used for camera connection. However, the camera's transfer button can not be used to transfer pictures over a PTP connection. Set the USB transfer option to Mass storage to enable the camera's transfer button.
  Currently, the new Nikon Transfer and View NX will replace Picture Project as our new Image Transfer and Browser applications. These applications support the same Nikon products as Picture Project.

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The blinking red timer means that the date isn't set on your camera. Go to the set up screen and set the date. I'm not sure why you wouldn't be able to take pictures, though...

Hope it's not the reader in the camera, first try rubbing the card contacts gently with an eraser and blowing in the slot. It may solve it, if not looks like an expensiver repair job.