My old scanner does no more work...

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After upgrading from Win98 to WinXP my old Genius Color-Page
View doesn't work and the manufacturer confirms it is no
more supported, there is no driver for WinXP
now I have always thought that when upgrading from an OS to
a new version compatibility must be saved but it seems it is
no more true... I guess it would be possible to write some
general interface sw allowing old drivers to work under new
os
I think this is a problem for many people coming from Win98
and it is disappointing we must throw our old peripherals
away
il barbi
 
The migration does usually apply to software, but not hardware.
Driver code is totally different between 9x and NT. Vendor's
usually will not develop a driver for a very old peripheral. If you
had run the XP advisor before upgrading, it is probable that it
would have flagged the scanner as not being XP compatible.

You didn't mention the scanner interface type, but if it's Parallel
you would be better off with a new USB scanner. XP is designed
to work with as much hardware as possible, but without vendor
supplied drivers there isn't much you can do.

However, I would suggest you look at the web site listing below
to see if the drivers are available:
http://www.windowsxp-drivers.com/companies/17/430.htm
 
After upgrading from Win98 to WinXP my old Genius Color-Page
View doesn't work and the manufacturer confirms it is no
more supported, there is no driver for WinXP
now I have always thought that when upgrading from an OS to
a new version compatibility must be saved but it seems it is
no more true... I guess it would be possible to write some
general interface sw allowing old drivers to work under new
os
I think this is a problem for many people coming from Win98
and it is disappointing we must throw our old peripherals
away
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I agree, I had the same problem with my old scanner BUT be aware you
did NOT upgrade your operating system when you changed from Windows 98
to Windows XP, you changed your operating system completely, they are
different OSs.

There IS a hardware compatibility list on the MS website and, if I'm
not mistaken there is a program on the CD that will check your hardware
before you install?

Last but not least, scanners are very cheap compared to what they were,
I had a $1,200 scanner (in 198?) and upgraded to a new and better one
for $100 in 2000! I've seen scanners (pretty decent ones) at places
like McFrugals for $50.00
 
il barbi said:
After upgrading from Win98 to WinXP my old Genius Color-Page
View doesn't work and the manufacturer confirms it is no
more supported, there is no driver for WinXP
now I have always thought that when upgrading from an OS to
a new version compatibility must be saved but it seems it is
no more true
Click to expand...

Its never been 'true'. Sometimes you get compatability, and sometimes you
dont.
... I guess it would be possible to write some
general interface sw allowing old drivers to work under new
os
Click to expand...

Probably not, or at least, not worth the effort. how much would you pay for
it (especially when you could probably buy a new device for $50 that is
better than your old one)
I think this is a problem for many people coming from Win98
and it is disappointing we must throw our old peripherals
away
il barbi
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Not if you run the Windows Upgrade Advisor before moving to Win XP and then
make the choice as to what to do. Thats why one of my systems is still
running W98, too many peripherals I'd have to replace.

Is this no good? http://www.geniusnet.com.tw/download/queryresult.asp?plno=6
 
What you thought was wrong. Windows XP is a major upgrade from preceding
Windows 9x versions. You need Windows XP drivers for your hardware, and
venders are not obligated to supply them. Some don't, because there isn't
any profit involved if you keep older models of their hardware and don't
upgrade. Sometimes the hardware itself cannot be made to be Windows XP
compatible. Not all Windows 9x software, and not all Windows 9x hardware is
supported for the Windows XP OS. Some software and some hardware are
"orphaned." You have a choice of not upgrading to the new OS, or setting up
a dual boot system with Windows 98 and Windows XP, and boot to Windows 98
when you want to use the scanner. But, with prices for peripherals falling
fast, it might be easier to just upgrade your scanner. I purchased a
Windows XP compatible Lexmark All In One Printer/Scanner/Copier on sale at
Wal-Mart for $62.
 
Seeing as how windows 98 is 6 years old, it probably isn't cost effective
for the manufacturer of the old scanner to make it work in xp. It wasn't
designed for xp as it didn't exist. Six years ago in computing time is about
100 years of real time. Six year old stuff is just outdated and obsolete.
Just the way modern computing is right now. Many peripherals that were made
in win98 days will work on xp if the manufacturer created new drivers for
it. If the manufacturer decideds not to, there's not much you can do. This
has nothing to do with windows or ms, it's up to the manufacturer.
 
il barbi said:
After upgrading from Win98 to WinXP my old Genius Color-Page
View doesn't work and the manufacturer confirms it is no
more supported, there is no driver for WinXP
now I have always thought that when upgrading from an OS to
a new version compatibility must be saved but it seems it is
no more true... I guess it would be possible to write some
general interface sw allowing old drivers to work under new
os
I think this is a problem for many people coming from Win98
and it is disappointing we must throw our old peripherals
away
il barbi
Click to expand...

http://www.opendrivers.com/driver/211350/Genius-Flatbed-Scanner-ColorPage-HR6X.html
has an XP driver for the Genius Flatbed Scanner ColorPage-HR6X so if
that is your model then it should work. See the special note re
Windows XP on the download page.

http://www.geniusnet.com.tw/download/queryresult.asp?plno=6 has
drivers and info regarding a large number of Genius scanner models,
including one that are not Windows XP compatible.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
 
You might try making a shortcut to the file that runs your scanner and put
it on the desktop. Right click the shortcut, choose Properties, click on
the Compatibility Tab and run it as a Windows 98 program. It fixed a
software program I have that wouldn't run under Win XP. I've never tried it
on a hardware execution file but it's certainly worth the effort.
 
il said:
After upgrading from Win98 to WinXP my old Genius Color-Page
View doesn't work and the manufacturer confirms it is no
more supported, there is no driver for WinXP
now I have always thought that when upgrading from an OS to
a new version compatibility must be saved but it seems it is
no more true...
Click to expand...

It is up to the makers of devices to provide drivers. The ones many of
them used for parallel port scanners used techniques that are no longer
permitted in XP, in the interests of stability of the system. Because
the makers regard parallel ports as an obsolete way to connect scanners,
now that USB is available, they are not writing drivers
 
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Not if you run the Windows Upgrade Advisor before moving to Win XP and then
make the choice as to what to do. Thats why one of my systems is still
running W98, too many peripherals I'd have to replace.
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of course people don't give up moving to WinXP only because
of an old scanner...
il barbi
 
t.cruise said:
What you thought was wrong. Windows XP is a major upgrade from preceding
Windows 9x versions. You need Windows XP drivers for your hardware, and
venders are not obligated to supply them. Some don't, because there isn't
any profit involved if you keep older models of their hardware and don't
upgrade. Sometimes the hardware itself cannot be made to be Windows XP
compatible. Not all Windows 9x software, and not all Windows 9x hardware is
supported for the Windows XP OS. Some software and some hardware are
"orphaned."
Click to expand...
Since my Compaq Presario has a parallel interface I think it
is hardware compatible with a parallel scanner
I think the right answer is as you said:
"because there isn't
any profit involved if you keep older models of their hardware and don't
upgrade"
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il barbi
 
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However, I would suggest you look at the web site listing below
to see if the drivers are available:
http://www.windowsxp-drivers.com/companies/17/430.htm
Click to expand...
thank you for your answer, the only one user- and not
manufacturer-oriented
indeed I found there a driver
90% working in the sense it randomly outputs a scanning
made of not connecting stripes, anyway this seems to be a
problem only for the first scanning, now I'm testing. I
think this is the same as another driver for Win2000 called
"As6e Station"
il barbi
 
Darrell said:
You might try making a shortcut to the file that runs your scanner and put
it on the desktop. Right click the shortcut, choose Properties, click on
the Compatibility Tab and run it as a Windows 98 program. It fixed a
software program I have that wouldn't run under Win XP. I've never tried it
on a hardware execution file but it's certainly worth the effort.
Click to expand...

That won't work. There are no XP comaptible drivers for it in the first
place.

Steve
 
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