I often switch on my SCSI scanner after XP has been booted for a while. To
get it going I need to click - Start - Control Panel - System - Hardware -
[computer name] - scan for hardware changes.

The best shortcut I know of is to press Windows-Break to go straight to
System but I want to have a shortcut and/or a batch file that "connect" the
scanner.


Any clues?

Only thing I can think of is a shortcut on your desktop to
C:\Windows\System32\devmgmt.msc

Navigate to that file, and send to Desktop as shortcut. You can also
type devmgmt.msc in the Run Command as well.

Nathan McNulty

Liz wrote:

> I often switch on my SCSI scanner after XP has been booted for a while. To
> get it going I need to click - Start - Control Panel - System - Hardware -
> [computer name] - scan for hardware changes.
>
> The best shortcut I know of is to press Windows-Break to go straight to
> System but I want to have a shortcut and/or a batch file that "connect" the
> scanner.
>
>
> Any clues?
>
>