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Re: [OM] New OS vs Old Hardware

Subject: Re: [OM] New OS vs Old Hardware
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:11:07 -0500
Good to know.  VueScan to the rescue again.

Chuck Norcutt

Rand E wrote:
>   I recently upgraded my computer to Win 7 64-bit.  In general there 
> were no problems with programs or drivers - In General.
> My one major problem was the driver for my Minolta Scan Dual II 
> slide/film scanner, results as follows:
>   First of all, the original driver is not acceptable by my new OS, just 
> won't work.  I had bad thoughts like new scanner required.
>   Minolta no longer owns that segment of the business, so no support 
> from them.
>   New owner didn't make it and has no intention of supporting it.
> I now was faced with the possibility of having to retrograde my OS just 
> to scan my slides.  Having a second OS just to run one program didn't 
> seem attractive to me.
> 
>   I noticed, on an old trial copy of Vuescan, that I had noted that it 
> had it's own driver.  I went to the Vuescan site and downloaded a trial 
> version of the latest program.
> My problem is now solved, the included driver works fine in Win7 64-bit.
> Rand E
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