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HI I just bought 1 month ago a used computer (gateway) and now am with Xp. My old one died and it was running on ME.I tried to install my scanner a memorex maxxscan 6122 and when i first plugged it into this computer it tried to installed it...but its like its not working or reading it. I tried to find a driver for it a self extracting one with no luck? anyonwcan hlep me its urgent i need it for my end of session(university) thanks
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What version of WinXP is installed? Choices are Home or Pro? Right click on My Computer and choose Properties. The screen that appears should say which version you have.
Do you have installation disks for WinME?
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I have home edition 2002 servicepack 3. No i nevergot cds with it. it was given to me 3 years ago and i found on internet self extracting driver and tahts what i installed. The ni used Imaging (software that come with ME) to make it run
so im not sure what t odo here. I tried with the driver i had and it didnt work. I wanted to go to imaging...but i guess Xp doesnt have taht cause i didnt find it.Newbie ARG!
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I asked you if you have ME install disks? Possible to install ME in a dual boot configuration.
I don't think there are any drivers for Winn2000/XP available. The latest version I found was WinNT. You could search at Driverguide and see if someone has found a compatible driver.
Another option might be to install Virtual PC 2007. VPC is not offically supported on XP home edition but it supposedly works.
What Virtual PC 2007 does is allow you to install WinME inside WinXP. This would allow you to use the scanner.
You need more RAM than normal and you need ME install disks.
Might be cheaper to buy a cheap scanner or pay to have something scanned.
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pk thanks...I guess ill ahve to buy a new one...thats kinda of stupid since this one was working fine!oh well
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no idont no more. i tried installing wit with teh driver and it tells me it s95 or older (its for ME) so im not sure what s the problem. The reason I asked onthis website forum is because 3 years agoa there was a thread this guy had the same scanner then me and it was working on XP so im doing somehting wrond but i dunno what!
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Ok I finally made it work.But now it works only if I open it with my MGI photosuite4. What i mean is it doesnt appear on my device manageer. Before it was a usb device(and tahts how i installed it) but now I was trying to autoinstall it using the add an imaging device and its not working. Looks like that was the problem....Add an imaging device wont let me install it cause seems like its searching for .inf extension and mine arent with this new driver I found. NOw then can anyone tell me if that matters and how to fix it? cause at least now it seems to be recognized by Mgi.thanks
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It appears you have already installed it so it won't install again. If you can scan by using MGI photosuite4 then the scanner is installed.
Have you looked carefully in Device Manager to see if it is listed somewhere in Device Manager? The scanner must be turned on.
If there is no ON/OFF switch then activate the scanner using the MGI software. While it is activated look in Device Manager to see if there is a listing for it.
The scanner has to be associated to some software in order for it to function. I am not sure if WinXP has that function built in or not because I use the bundled software with my scanner.
Have you looked in Control Panel under scanners and cameras to see if the scanner is listed there?
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