Vuescan doesn't need the SCSI drivers for XP. In my case, the twain driver doesn't work for XP anymore, but Vuescan works fine, so I can still use my old scanner.
On Thursday 02 February 2006 02:02, Butch Black wrote: FJW> In a message dated 1/31/2006 1:53:24 PM Pacific Standard Time, FJW> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: FJW> Butch, it all depends on whether you can get XP drivers for the peripheral. FJW> When I upgraded my desktop to XP Pro, I had to move my flatbed scanner to FJW> another PC as the manufacturer would not provide a driver. FJW> http://www.windowsxp-drivers.com/ is a good site for a starting point to FJW> obtain drivers, particularly for second-hand stuff where the maker no longer FJW> is interested! FJW> FJW> HTH FJW> FJW> John Coyle FJW> Brisbane, Australia FJW> ========== FJW> Yes, go to the web site of the manufacturer, in this case Epson, and see if FJW> they have updated the driver for XP. FJW> FJW> I have an old flatbed HP scanner that really hung me up when I first FJW> upgraded FJW> to XP. I had to unhook it and delete the driver. Then I ordered a new driver FJW> from HP. For some reason, at that time, I had to order a CD. Now it works FJW> fine. (It's a good document scanner.) FJW> FJW> I upgraded ME to XP on the same machine, not a clean install, and at first I FJW> thought I had blown it. That the upgrade wouldn't work at all. Nope, it was FJW> just the scanner. But to figure that out, I sure had to do a lot of googling FJW> and FJW> searching around. (I had to roll back the install while I did all that too, FJW> took better part of a week.) FJW> FJW> HTH, Marnie aka Doe FJW> FJW> Thanks for all of the suggestions. I went to Epson's site and they have a FJW> recent driver (4-5 months) for XP, so I think I'm going to do it. The FJW> expression series was their pro series IIRC so it should be well built and FJW> have decent controls. Does anyone have experience with the Expression 800? FJW> FJW> Butch FJW> FJW> FJW> FJW> -- Frits Wüthrich
