The scanner is not on or not connected, or another application is accessing a WIA or TWAIN device. This may be software for a multifunction printer that is still installed.
Uninstall any other old printers and scanners from Add/Removed programs, reboot and reinstall the printer. If this doesn't help please reply with the version of Windows your are using. --- In [email protected], "rfejtek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi; > > Being a new member here,I hope that someone can help me. I received a > computer from my sister and just wanted to use it to scan images for > eBay. > I have an HP 4300c,and installed the software on my machine. Whenever > I try to access the scanner,I get a message that the scanner is being > accessed by another application. It says to wait for the other > application to finish or close it to allow access to the scanner. > What could possibly be running that would do this? How could I find > out what is running in the background,and how can I disable it? She > used to have EarthLink as a provider and I still see it on the > machine.Would this have something to do with it? This machine is not > hooked up to the internet at all. > Many thanks in advance for any help you can offer. > > Ron If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
