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OK, Visioneer 4800. USB connection, absurdly complex installation proceedure. Plug-'n-pray. Anyway, after a few tries, I finally got the installation proceedure correct, and got Windows NOT to install its own drivers. However, I can't get the dumb thing to recognize the scanner! It lights up, so it's getting power. The computer can tell what the thing is, so its connection's fine. But the software tells me that the scanner isn't found! Help!
My current two theories are that their software's screwed up, or my scanner's defective. Any others?
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What operating system are you using. I know that we had problems getting the proper drivers for win ME, and Win XP won't support a lot of older equipment.
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And I have a Mac. It just is too old for use with this scanner. 6500-series.
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When will you understand that your computer equipment is getting you back for voting Bush in the last election?
Okay, that joke is getting old, I'll stop.
First of all, you are going to have to locate the driver for the Scanner on the CD. I have no idea where these guys keep their drivers. Usually it is a file with an *.inf extension.
Once you have located your file and you are sure that it is for Windows 98, right click on "My Computer", Properties, and Device Manager. Look under "Scanning Devices" (or anything of that sort) and double click on the scanner that is "attached" to your computer.
Click on the driver tag and click Update Driver. You want to "select a location" where you want to look for a driver. Now make sure that you input the directory where this driver may be, and then hope for the rest.
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Tried that. Now it just freezes instead of giving me an error message. I also tried manually replacing the USBSCAN.sys file in the SYSTEM folder with the one on the CD. Also no luck.
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Macs suck Jeff. Admit it!!!! Half the cool computer games out there aren't even available for Mac.
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That says nothing about the quality of Macintosh. Only about the irrational preferences of third-party software designers. Macintosh IN ITSELF is superior to Windows/compatables in almost every way. It's just that Windows has far more software available to it.
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Give her a cookie. Rub her belly. Be nice to her.
Anthropomorphism isn't as absurd as you so-called "rational thinkers" believe.
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This is Shik, Tom. That may well be how he treats humans who act up.
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I like Macs (like many in the public school system i was brought up on them).. but at home i have a PC and i find it better for the internet, writing my own code, running games, etc.
I still use Macs, but only when i am doing professional level graphics for school or a job. And they are awesome for it..
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Most of the girls I know like being given cookies, having their bellies rubbed, & having someone be nice to them. It works with more than you might think.
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