Scanner stopped working

I just bought a Western Digital 1TB World Edition netwok drive. After I
connected the drive and installed Mionet WD software on my Vista, I can no
longer use my Epson Perfection 4990 Photo scanner. The computer states it's
available and working fine but when I try to open it I get an error that it
can't be started. It has been working fine for over a year with Vista and if
I switch OS to XP it works. Mionet's only suggestion was uninstall there
program and if the scanner works, use one or the other. That didn't work,
scanner still doesn't respond. I contacted Epson and there suggestion was to
uninstall the scanner and reinstall,NG. Has anyone had a similar problem and
what can I do to correct this. I'm lost without the scanner and have invested
over $250 on the network drive.

Are they both using USB?

If so, it suggests to me that the PSU is insufficient to supply enough power
to all your USB ports.
--
Cari (MS-MVP Printing & Imaging)
http://www.coribright.com/windows

"chas638" <chas638@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:54B6B54E-8EE4-42C3-8558-2C42F2D534C9@microsoft.com...
>I just bought a Western Digital 1TB World Edition netwok drive. After I
> connected the drive and installed Mionet WD software on my Vista, I can no
> longer use my Epson Perfection 4990 Photo scanner. The computer states
> it's
> available and working fine but when I try to open it I get an error that
> it
> can't be started. It has been working fine for over a year with Vista and
> if
> I switch OS to XP it works. Mionet's only suggestion was uninstall there
> program and if the scanner works, use one or the other. That didn't work,
> scanner still doesn't respond. I contacted Epson and there suggestion was
> to
> uninstall the scanner and reinstall,NG. Has anyone had a similar problem
> and
> what can I do to correct this. I'm lost without the scanner and have
> invested
> over $250 on the network drive.
>

Hello,
The WD drive is a network drive and is connected to my router with it's own
power source. I switched the scanner to a firewire connection but still
didn't help. If I let Vista search for a driver it installs the wrong one, GT
X800 or a Kodak scanner not my Epson 4990 Photo scanner. I have tried to
install the drive for Vista from Epson which shows the right model and states
it is working correctly. When I power up the scanner Windows makes the same
sound as it does when I turn on one of my external hard drives, a beep, but
still will not start. In Device Manager it appears under Image device without
any exclamation or question mark. If I change to my XP OS on the same
computer, the scanner works so I assume the scanner works, cables are right
and I do have a connection. I uninstalled all my recent programs but still
NG. The last time the scanner worked with Vista Ultimate was right before I
let Windows auto update, last week. Is there something I can do with the
registry or in administator the will help?
Thanks for your reply,
Charlie

"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> Are they both using USB?
>
> If so, it suggests to me that the PSU is insufficient to supply enough power
> to all your USB ports.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP Printing & Imaging)
> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>
> "chas638" <chas638@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:54B6B54E-8EE4-42C3-8558-2C42F2D534C9@microsoft.com...
> >I just bought a Western Digital 1TB World Edition netwok drive. After I
> > connected the drive and installed Mionet WD software on my Vista, I can no
> > longer use my Epson Perfection 4990 Photo scanner. The computer states
> > it's
> > available and working fine but when I try to open it I get an error that
> > it
> > can't be started. It has been working fine for over a year with Vista and
> > if
> > I switch OS to XP it works. Mionet's only suggestion was uninstall there
> > program and if the scanner works, use one or the other. That didn't work,
> > scanner still doesn't respond. I contacted Epson and there suggestion was
> > to
> > uninstall the scanner and reinstall,NG. Has anyone had a similar problem
> > and
> > what can I do to correct this. I'm lost without the scanner and have
> > invested
> > over $250 on the network drive.
> >
>