re: old scanner on old 98 pc stopped working Friday, August 14, 2009 at 8:59 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by gewg_ (3943 messages posted) cheryl pocino wrote: |[...]after using it without issue yesterday[...] |the error message says that it can't find the scanner[...] |I believe the drivers are still in place | Look for yellow marks in Device Manager. When in doubt, Remove the old device driver and reinstall the driver. (Things *can* get corrupted without raising a flag.) |but not sure if its the driver or if the scanner simply gave out due age. | The best way to test hardware is with an OS that has an excellent ability to discover and configure devices (without having to manually mess with drivers). If you DON'T have to *install* that OS to use it, that's **really** good. (Just boot to the CD containing it.) This one is legendary: http://google.com/search?q=Knoppix+Linux The fine print: It's a ~700MB download. You then need to tell your burning software to make the downloaded *.ISO file into a (bootable) CD-R. Warning: You may fall in love with Linux and never go back to your 11 year old M$ OS. Written in response to: old scanner on old 98 pc stopped working (cheryl pocino: Friday, August 14, 2009 at 4:56 pm) Responses to this message: re: old scanner on old 98 pc stopped working (cheryl pocino: Saturday, August 15, 2009 at 9:34 am) All messages in this thread [show all] old scanner on old 98 pc stopped working (cheryl pocino: Fri, Aug 14, 2009, 4:56 pm) re: old scanner on old 98 pc stopped working (gewg_: Fri, Aug 14, 2009, 8:59 pm) re: old scanner on old 98 pc stopped working (cheryl pocino: Sat, Aug 15, 2009, 9:34 am) re: old scanner on old 98 pc stopped working (C K: Fri, Aug 14, 2009, 10:12 pm) re: old scanner on old 98 pc stopped working (cheryl pocino: Sun, Aug 23, 2009, 8:19 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum