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| Thread ID: 36892 | 2003-08-23 02:56:00 | SCSI Scanner - getting XP to recognise | tbacon_nz (865) | Press F1 |
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| 169757 | 2003-08-23 02:56:00 | I have a Microtek E6 scanner with a SCSI interface. There has always been the problem that if the scanner was not powered on at boot time, the OS could not find it. Under WIN98SE the work-around was to go to Device Manager and click refresh - this presumably polled around everywhere and found the (now switched on) scanner. I can't find a similar facility under Win XP Home, so I am faced with the need to either leave the scanner on all the time or to reboot every time I want to scan. Any ideas, anyone? |
tbacon_nz (865) | ||
| 169758 | 2003-08-23 03:36:00 | In XP you can go to device manager. Right click My Computer and click scan for hardware changes. Its the same as the previous refresh I think. Tested in XP Pro. Hope its there in Home. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 169759 | 2003-08-23 04:04:00 | Bingo! Thanks Elephant, this was really starting to hack me off. Of course, if I could get WinXP to retain the recognition... |
tbacon_nz (865) | ||
| 169760 | 2003-08-23 04:07:00 | While I have your attention, I posted a message a few days ago about getting WINXP to remember the folder view. I have found it impossible to make it stick, no matter what options or "make all folders like this" boxes I check - it always goes back to icon view. Have you had this experience? |
tbacon_nz (865) | ||
| 169761 | 2003-08-23 04:29:00 | I know nothing about XP. :D But it's probably one of the new improvements, which is actually a good thing (:O), by not making permanent changes. Try logging out, and looking for a clickable box which asks if you want to keep changes. There will be something like this. | Graham L (2) | ||
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