Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard

I have a new laptop with Vista, but I liked the old Microsoft Scanner and
Camera Wizard from Windows XP a ZILLION times better than the import options
given in Vista. The new wizard is entirely too restrictive.

I want to put pictures into a predetermined folder of my choice and give it
my own distinct names - not using the tags. Why can't I do this anymore? It
was super-easy in XP and now it appears that I'm handcuffed by Vista's
restrictive options that don't allow the user (me) to customize it to my own
liking.

If I want to use tags, great.. but I don't. I want to use the same thing I
used in XP.

Wondering if anyone knows how to accomplish this short of going back to XP
or to another computer with XP.

Really not liking the Vista wizard at all.

Thanks in advance.

i agree 100%, although I used the scanners & cameras wizard mostly for
scanning, it was MUCH nicer in Windows XP.

I had my scanning down to a nice routine in XP, I just opened my
control panel, scanners & cameras wizard, and it would allow me to put
in a file name, destination, click "scan" and my scanner would scan.

Now, with Windows Vista, it makes me use some hokey software that came
with my scanner, and it's nowhere near as good or efficient for what I
want to do. When I go to my scanners & cameras wizard, all it will do
is give me my scanner properties. Very annoying.


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pandrews

Has anyone figured out an answer to this problem? I love XP's importer,
and I absolutely HATE the new vista format. You can't do ANYTHING with
it!!! Please let me know if you find something. Thanks


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lsayad

[Rob123]

I agree with all these comments, I use my digi-camera for pleasure and selling goods on Ebay, it use to be so simple to use the XP wizzard and simply down load the photos I wanted. For some reason I was not able to send images back to my camera yesterday - possible related, Anyway let's hope some wizzard can solve this problem, so far I must say this is the only things I do not like about Vista.

Hi,

You can find the wizard here : C:\Windows\System32\wiaacmgr.exe
It is well hidden...
I hope this helps !

J.


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krispykreme