I have a Visioneer 9520 Scanner and I had no problem installing the software, but when I hook up the scanner to the PC, Vista recognizes new hardware, but says it cannot locate the scanner driver file. Even I point it to the folder it is located in, it says it cannot locate the file. Visioneer has walked me through all different kinds of scenarios, like making sure I have my antivirus software disabled, Internet Explorer disabled, etc. and Vista just cannot locate the driver. If anyone can help I would really appreciate it.
Windows vista has compatibility problems with many device softwares and drivers, u have to get the software that's windows vista compatible, or u can log onto the visioneer site http://www.visioneer.com/ and download your device's software that's compatible with windows vista
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I went to the Visioneer website to download the Vista driver right after I received the scanner, as I knew the driver was not Vista compatible. The driver installed properly; however, when Vista finds the new Hardware, I get the error message saying Vista found the scanner software, but could not locate the information file. I went into Device Manager and under Other Devices it shows USB Scanner and when I click on reinstall driver, my scanner model comes up, but when I click on it and try to install the driver, I still get the error that Vista cannot locate the needed file, and I'm pointing right to the driver file. I just don't understand it. It's like the driver is invisible to Vista.
I'm not real savey with these kind of problems, my soution will be to take the Fer back, I just expect things to work! stupid me!!
The problem is not Vista. The problem is the hardware manufactures! The problem with this scanner and I have one is the driver! even if you get it installed it does not work right. The twain driver works ok but if you want custom configurations or resolutions beyond 600 DPI forget it! If you poke around enough you'll find all kinds of utilities on Visioneers site to troubleshoot this monstrousity of a driver. Why dont they just put out a decent driver?
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