In a message dated 1/31/2006 1:53:24 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Butch, it all depends on whether you can get XP drivers for the peripheral. When I upgraded my desktop to XP Pro, I had to move my flatbed scanner to another PC as the manufacturer would not provide a driver. http://www.windowsxp-drivers.com/ is a good site for a starting point to obtain drivers, particularly for second-hand stuff where the maker no longer is interested!
HTH John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ========== Yes, go to the web site of the manufacturer, in this case Epson, and see if they have updated the driver for XP. I have an old flatbed HP scanner that really hung me up when I first upgraded to XP. I had to unhook it and delete the driver. Then I ordered a new driver from HP. For some reason, at that time, I had to order a CD. Now it works fine. (It's a good document scanner.) I upgraded ME to XP on the same machine, not a clean install, and at first I thought I had blown it. That the upgrade wouldn't work at all. Nope, it was just the scanner. But to figure that out, I sure had to do a lot of googling and searching around. (I had to roll back the install while I did all that too, took better part of a week.) HTH, Marnie aka Doe
