woohoo! ive got a scanner!

[barcodedeyes]

now all u lovely people will get to see mah pics! i cant wait to get it all hooked up!

[Santiago]

we tried to hook it up (i tried 3 fuckin times) but apparently it doesnt work with win XP...sorry guys

[Sharni]

Have you tried the compatibility wizard on XP? Making XP behave like an earlier operating system for the hardware you are installing?

We were told none of our accessaries would work with XP either.....but with some fiddling and tweaking they work fine..it was a bit of a hassle...but beats buying new stuff.

What breed of scanner is it? Did you try downloading updated drivers for it?

[kleclere]

Yes what type of scanner? Is it a new one? Scsi,parallel or usb? Maybe able to help.

[DallasLiving]

If it is a newer scanner.....goto the manufacturers website and look at the drivers. They should have updated drivers that are made for Windows XP. Some of the older hardware will probably never be updated with the drivers but most newer hardware is. If you need any help just message me.

[Wombat]

First thing I'd do is toss XP in the big round file and get hold of a copy of Windows 2000pro for all your online and non gaming needs .Then I'd install a copy of 98SE for all your gaming needs. XP has so many security holes in it for internet use it's not even funny and then there's the compatability dramas that occur unless you've got all the latest (or relatively new) hardware and software. As for gaming ,even with the compatability wizard I've found that most games that are older than about 98-99 still won't run cleanly. Personally I can't get my older games to recognise my soundblaster sound card in XP even though the very same setup works perfectly when running 98SE...... and it's not just my latest setup either as WDs system has on board sound and has the same problem and my old PII system was also the same with a 3D sound card.


Just my 2 bobs worth. I'll go crawl back into me dark corner now :D

[Sharni]

I love XP....even with the dramas :D

All operating systems have their faults and security issues....not just XP....so to me that is not an issue....i just run another security program in the background...no hassle there :)

I love the challenge of getting things to work *L* But must admit most can't be bothered trying to fix it or know how to go about fixing the problem

[Santiago]

i forgot about the earlier operating system option...i dont think the scanner is that good anyway, its a radioshack brand one. ill try again tomorrow.