Hi,

I recently installed a Minolta Scan Dual IV scanner. After a lockup I
had to reset (unplug) the scanner and reboot W2Kpro. After doing this
it was impossible to get the scanner working again so I uninstalled
all software from the scanner. I re-installed the scanner drivers and
software but still no luck. Also, after this mishap, an external
USBdrive would no longer function.
I got a yellow ! in the hardware list.
I tried to remove the minolta entries in the registry (they seem to be
the problem) but I get an error 'cannot delete *****, error while
deliting key'
I'm logged in as administrator and other settings can be changed or
removed. Only the Minolta stuff is behaving like this.

Anyone has an idea how I can remove these settings (short of
re-installing W2K??

Thanks in advance.



Bye Maurice
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In microsoft.public.win2000.registry Maurice ON4BAM wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I recently installed a Minolta Scan Dual IV scanner. After a
> lockup I had to reset (unplug) the scanner and reboot W2Kpro.
> After doing this it was impossible to get the scanner working
> again so I uninstalled all software from the scanner. I
> re-installed the scanner drivers and software but still no luck.
> Also, after this mishap, an external USBdrive would no longer
> function. I got a yellow ! in the hardware list.
> I tried to remove the minolta entries in the registry (they seem
> to be the problem) but I get an error 'cannot delete *****, error
> while deliting key'
> I'm logged in as administrator and other settings can be changed
> or removed. Only the Minolta stuff is behaving like this.
>
> Anyone has an idea how I can remove these settings (short of
> re-installing W2K??

A generic answer that may apply.
Use regedt32.exe to examine (and alter if neccessary) the registry
Permissions (Security menu) on the keys in question (*just* those
keys, sub-keys).
Make a full registry backup (Not and "Export") in advance.

Or contact Minlota for support with their software.

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 02:26:26 -0800, Mark V <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>In microsoft.public.win2000.registry Maurice ON4BAM wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I recently installed a Minolta Scan Dual IV scanner. After a
>> lockup I had to reset (unplug) the scanner and reboot W2Kpro.
>> After doing this it was impossible to get the scanner working
>> again so I uninstalled all software from the scanner. I
>> re-installed the scanner drivers and software but still no luck.
>> Also, after this mishap, an external USBdrive would no longer
>> function. I got a yellow ! in the hardware list.
>> I tried to remove the minolta entries in the registry (they seem
>> to be the problem) but I get an error 'cannot delete *****, error
>> while deliting key'
>> I'm logged in as administrator and other settings can be changed
>> or removed. Only the Minolta stuff is behaving like this.
>>
>> Anyone has an idea how I can remove these settings (short of
>> re-installing W2K??
>
>A generic answer that may apply.
>Use regedt32.exe to examine (and alter if neccessary) the registry
>Permissions (Security menu) on the keys in question (*just* those
>keys, sub-keys).
>Make a full registry backup (Not and "Export") in advance.

Thanks... I finally got rid of these entries. regedt32 took care of
that. It didn't solve the scanner problem though :-(


>Or contact Minlota for support with their software.

That seems to be the sollution now...


TNX, happy holidays.



Bye Maurice
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