[windows2000] Re: Scanner working with win2kpro?

  • From: "Sorin Srbu" <Sorin.Srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 09:04:55 +0200

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 14:13:04 -0400, Sullivan, Glenn wrote:

>We have had good luck with just about any HP scanner...
>
>Have you thought to add the reg file import to a logon script?  Reg 
>modifications are easy in VBScript, and obviously the users already have 
>rights to the section of the registry that they need to write to...

I've thought about that solution too, but I'm a wee bit concerned
about adding this key again and again (possible corruption issues?)
whenever a user logs on. Some of them do this several times a day.

Maybe I'm too paranoid?


>-----Original Message-----
>From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sorin Srbu
>Posted At: Thursday, June 17, 2004 10:23 AM
>Posted To: Windows 2000
>Conversation: [windows2000] Scanner working with win2kpro?
>Subject: [windows2000] Scanner working with win2kpro?
>
>
>Hi all,
>
>Our scsi old-timer scanner (Umax Astra 2200S) seems to have bought it...
>
>I'd need some feedback on what usb2-scanners are good with win2kpro?
>
>A dept I do parttime sysadmining for, bought a hp 3330-something-or-other w/o 
>consulting me, and my main concern is that software is ok. The software 
>bundled with this hp-scanner is
>*not* multi-user aware (!!) [out-of-the-box only the locally logged-in 
>administrator can use the scanner!], resulting in that all users who login as 
>domain-users when they want to scan, first have to run a smal reg-file, 
>setting some keys, in order for the scanning to work...
>
>This is a working but not ideal solution.
>
>Does anybody know if this is a common trait with todays scanners?
>
>Thx for any feedback.


BW,

Sorin

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