What ho one and all,

Not sure if this is the correct section but....

I have a film scanner (Minolta Dimage Scan Multi Pro) and the original software that runs well under 32 bit XP. Neither the hardware nor software are available any longer, although the scanner does make premium prices as it is in demand.

It is well documented that it will not run under 64 bit W7 or higher, but there is a well documented work-around that I can confirm does work.

Install an alternative software (VueScan), go to Device Manager, hit Update Driver, install the VueScan driver and then my scanner runs with the original Minolta software. Apparently this also works for W8 and 10.

I don't like VueScan so I have uninstalled it but now the Minolta software gives me a connection error message.

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Yesterday. I reinstalled VueScan, did the things and the Minolta software fired up fine. Left VueScan on, but this morning, the same error message appears.

Reinstall the Vuescan driver and all is good again.

Surely, if I have updated the driver in Device Manager, it should be fixed onto the relevant driver files section and the scanner would fire up correctly? What can I do to ensure the driver will connect?

Thanks and toodle pip