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| Thread ID: 41061 | 2003-12-28 19:24:00 | UMAX Astra 1600U Scanner (USB) into Win95 computer | somebody (208) | Press F1 |
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| 203818 | 2003-12-28 19:24:00 | Ok... A friend of mine has an old Pentium MMX 166 computer, running "Windows 95 with USB support". His computer had a minor problem a while ago with MSN Messenger, and we could not fix it. I suggested we simply reformat the computer to save time, so that's what we did. Everything works now, the MSN Messenger problem is gone, BUT, his Umax Astra 1600U scanner does not work. The scanner has a USB interface (USB and only USB). Initially when I tried installing the drivers, it would come up with a "Scanner not found" error. Then I realised that the USB support is not installed by default, so I installed that. I reinstalled the drivers, to get the same error (several restarts in between the processes). The scanner DID work before we did the reformat however, so please don't suggest upgrading to Win98. Does anybody have any suggestions on how to fix this problem? I'm also a bit suspicious about the copy of Win95, and am worried that it may be a pirated copy. The CD looks genuine (with the edge-to-edge hologram), however the way the files are set out on the CD (no autorun thing) seems a tad bit suspicious. The COA which came with his PC looks old, is about the size of one of the WinXP COAs but is the old paper type with the metallic thread running through it. Anybody able to shed a bit of light on this issue? |
somebody (208) | ||
| 203819 | 2003-12-28 19:50:00 | I have an Authentic Win95a installation disk with me. The listing of the CD is as follows: admin [folder] autorun [folder] cdexpo [folder] datalink [folder] drivers [folder] funstuff [folder] help [folder] other [folder] products [folder] win95 [folder] autorun.inf readme.txt setup.exe For the main question however: 1 - remove the scanner from device manager and uninstall the Scanner Software. 2 - pop on over to www.microsoft.com and all the decent updates (Service Packs, Featured Updates, Y2k Compliance, etc) - practically everything except Windows Media Player and IE. Get them installed (well what else would you download them for :p) 3 - check Device Manager - make sure nothing is conflicting with anything and everything is ok - especially with the USB Root Hub. 4 - plug in the scanner and reboot the machine - it should pick up the scanner as a new device regardless of whether it can determine what it actually is. Then on reboot it will ask for drivers for the scanner which you can give it. Don't install the scanner software just yet - stick with just the drivers. 5 - Check Device Manager and ensure there are no conflicts on the scanner in regards to drivers or anything. 6 - if Device Manager is happy then go ahead and install the scanner software CyberChuck |
cyberchuck (173) | ||
| 203820 | 2003-12-28 20:05:00 | Thanks Cyberchuck. Last time I tried, the scanner was not being picked up by Device Manager at all. My friend's away on holiday at the moment, so I'll have to wait till he gets back to try again. His Win95 CD seems to be missing the autorun.inf file, which seems unusual as every genuine Windows CD I have seen has it (it isn't there even when I get the computer to "Show all files" etc.) |
somebody (208) | ||
| 203821 | 2003-12-28 22:54:00 | > His Win95 CD seems to be missing the autorun . inf file, which seems unusual as every genuine Windows CD I have seen has it (it isn't there even when I get the computer to "Show all files" etc . ) Yes, that is a little strange because my Win 95 Upgrade disc has that file on it and the ones that CC has listed . The CD does not have an "edge-to-edge hologram" on it though but it does have "the old paper type with the metallic thread running through it" . It is probably not worth worrying about whether it is pirated or not since it is so old, unless you are bothered with files being missing . |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 203822 | 2003-12-29 07:29:00 | Win95a does not support USB and Win95b and c are at best flakey! I repaired a PC with Win95c on it for an elderly friend - he had installed a USB scanner with no trouble. I tried to reinstall - with all upgrades, patches, ...... etc but to no avail. Note that MS says that Win98 is the first version of Windows to truly support USB. One answer is to do what I did - get a copy of win98 from Trademe. Once 98 was up and running - no problems! |
JohnD (509) | ||
| 203823 | 2003-12-29 07:40:00 | Thanks for the help guys. His computer's slightly too slow (in my opinion) to run Win98, so i'll just have to keep trying to "fix" it as-is. | somebody (208) | ||
| 203824 | 2003-12-29 07:51:00 | Have a look at this USB info site, here (www.usbman.com), also this site (www.umax.co.uk) | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 203825 | 2003-12-29 08:16:00 | you havn't forgotten the motherboard drivers by any chance?? | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 203826 | 2003-12-29 20:06:00 | Well it's not that I've forgotten them, it's just that I cannot find out what motherboard it is to find the appropriate driver. The PC is about 6-7 years old, and was bought 3rd or 4th hand, so all drivers CDs have been lost in the process. I have tried using AIDA32 to find the motherboard model number etc., but it comes up with "unknown". | somebody (208) | ||
| 203827 | 2003-12-29 20:07:00 | Thanks Terry. Will have a look. | somebody (208) | ||
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