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Old 07-26-2008
Nonny
 

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Re: For owners of scanners not supported by Vista.
On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:43:43 +0100, Eskoboy
<Eskoboy.3d55oq@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote:

>
>I have HP ScanJet 5370C. HP don't support it with VISTA. I could be
>nice, if somebody can explain, why.


Because it's and ancient product, that's why.

>Anyway, 5370c don't cooperate with original Vista. In the internet i
>found four ideas to resolve it:
>1. Use PrecisionScan as an administrator/give full rights to every user
>(was not helpful for me).
>2. Use Vuescan (it works, with its "$" if you don't pay for it).
>3. Delete the drivers that Vista+an installed original-(not from
>HP-page) version of PrecisionScan uses as the drivers. Restart.
>Disconnect your scanner. Install Vuescan with its drivers. Connetct the
>scanner. Wait until Vista can use the scanner (less than 1 minute).
>Start PrecionScan. (Worked, but only a short time, because I changed the
>preferences.)
>4. Disable Pocket-PC. (Maybe this was the solution for me. 5370c works
>now anyway. The buttoms on the scanner not.)
>
>Is this a question of user rights, or about TWAIN-drivers, or about
>cooperation with Pocket-PC/its interrupts?
>
>Eskoboy

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