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hi,
just hooked up my old scanner to the comp windows 10
but its not recognizing or finding it ....
wondering if Ive ever had it on this windows 10 computor
is there any way I could easily get a driver ?
can see FU66BG printed on the scanner
am I completely out of date... will I have to buy new ?
thanks for help and comments....
Possibly useful links:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...4-0e53b46b5955
Untested - scan any downloads with your antimalware software:
https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/visioneer_5800.html
LOOKS like Im in a mess,
got on the visionair site, typed in the code for my scanner...
no results came up !
Have scanners improved in the past years, should I think
of buying a new one ? any advice ?
Online scanners too....Quote:
scan any downloads
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/
Canon or Epson scanners would be decent replacements.
What do you use the scanner for? Documents, photos, other items?
Do you need the network connectivity?
no luck with anything
looks like Im being forced to buy new as the scanner
company refuses to release drivers for windows 10 thus making
1000s of perfectly good scanners obsolete !
Your only other option would be to use an installation of a supported version of Windows for that scanner just for scanning purposes.
had an idea to try to hook the scanner up to my windows 7 dell laptop
got the laptop fired up ..... got onto the desk top .... opened documents
then .... click .... it switches itself off !
I ve rebooted now about 10 times.... all with the same result a click and the thing is off
Anything I can do about this.... not used it in about 14 months but always seemed to get there in the past .... today Im hitting a brick wall
thanks for any advice !
If you mean the computer shuts down and not the scanner then perhaps it's a battery issue. Plug in the power supply and see what happens. Can you run other programs on the laptop?Quote:
it switches itself off !
no, I ve got the power supply on from the plug, and just trying to
get the comp up and running before I plug in the scanner ... but
get onto the desktop 10 seconds later ... click ... and it switches itself off !
I have about 10 seconds on the desktop after the long reboot.... is there
anything I can do to try and stop the cut off in that 10 seconds ?
10 seconds is not long enough for any troubleshooting. One thing you could try is to remove the battery, assuming that this is possible, and just run using the AC power supply. If the battery is bad (shorted?, etc.) this would eliminate that issue.
thanks for advice, where exactly is the battery.... never touched one of these lap tops before !
What make and model of laptop do you have?
its a Dell laptop, think Ive just managed to remove the battery...
I ll try booting it up once again !
Bingo .... the comp stayed on ... the battery must have been the problem ...
just installed MGM photo suite off disc I got with the scanner...
hopefully that will be able to control my scanner .... ? I ll hook the scanner up later tonite
and give it a go !
thanks for that advice.....
hooked up the scanner and switched on the laptop.....
it boots up, I see the windows logo in centre of screen then ... click ...
it turns itself off .....
I ve hit a brick wall once again
Might need a new, working battery to keep it running. I could also be an AC adapter that is not supplying enough power.
Another, though somewhat less likely problem, might be a broken power jack on the laptop. Does it feel loose/broken if you jiggle the jack? When you plug it in do the laptop's charging lights come on? Do they blink if you try to move the jack around?
i VE given in and bought a brand new canon scanner £50
its working great, Ive been operating it with irfan view.... just wondering are there any other
free graphics sites out there that I could also try ?
Hit on Faststone pic viewer... the new scan comes up in
a window and you can then increase saturation, colour etc with the faststone software..... best I ve found so far !