[rollei_list] Re: Scanners
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:04:46 -0400
Again, have you tried the Vista drivers for the scanner under Windows 7?
99.9% of the time they work perfectly...
Eric Goldstein
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On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> At 11:21 PM 3/26/2012, John Jensen wrote:
>
> There is a workaround for Windows 7 but it might cost you some money. If
> you have Windows 7 Professional you can download free from Microsoft a
> software package that enables Windows Virtual PC. This will run Windows XP
> mode, operating within Windows 7, but with the look and feel of Windows
> XP. It will run any XP program.
>
> But if your Windows 7 is the Home Edition, you cannot load Windows Virtual
> PC. However, for an upgrade (priced at $89 I believe) from Home Edition to
> Professional you can then do the download. It's interesting that built
> within the Windows 7 package you have is the Virtual PC software and the
> upgrade process simply unlocks what you already have on your hardrive.
>
> Clever. You pays your money and you takes your choice as the expression
> goes.
>
> John
>
>
> and
>
> At 02:36 AM 3/28/2012, Laurence Cuffe wrote:
>
> How technical are you computer wise?
> One last thing that might be worth trying would be to run windows XP on
> your windows7 machine using virtualization software from Oracle, which is
> free
> https://www.virtualboxorg/ <https://www.virtualbox.org/>
>
> You would have to install XP onto the virtual machine, and set up shared
> storage for transferring files to the windows 7 end of the system.
>
> I have not run this on a windows 7 machine, but I have used it to run a
> virtualized ubunto on an XP machine and have found the software very solid.
>
> All the best
>
> Laurence Cuffe
>
>
> OK guys, thanks for the suggestions.
>
> I tend to favor the upgrade on my home Windows 7 Home Premium to
> Professional allow download of the free virtual XP system from Microsoft,
> since the cost of the upgrade is about $89.95, far less than the value of
> the software I could retain, and also should be able to use my Canoscan
> D1230U, which works just fine for me.
> Has anyone on this list done this?
>
> The issue I have is whether you have to boot up into an exclusively
> virtual XP system with a separate registry, separate file system, or
> somehow you magically just run XP programs, and deal with XP-compatible
> hardware, while booted into Windows 7.
>
> On-line documentation of exactly how all this goes together is very
> incomplete. The problem being that the description say you can "Run many
> Windows XP business programs" but no comment about hardware and things like
> PhotoShop, etc.
>
> There is, of course, one other option I have. I have an HP laptop with XP
> still running on it. It would be a chore to move it to some flat surface
> in the office here (flat surfaces are at a premium) but I could install the
> scanner and other software on it.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> DAW
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