Trust Combi Scan USB 19200 under Windows XP

[Ralf Hechter]

Hello,
Recently, I switched from my old system with Win98 to a new system
running WinXP as OS. I was pretty disappointed to find out, that Trust
doesn't offer a WinXP driver for their Combi Scan USB 19200, a scanner
that I own and wanted to continue using. Others have faced this
problem before me, but I still wasn't able to come up with a solution
after some web and Usenet searches.
Does anybody know of any tweaks or unofficial drivers that will do the
trick? Help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Mhzjunkie]

Ralf Hechter spewed out this bit, and i'll scatter a few bits myself :

Hello,
Recently, I switched from my old system with Win98 to a new system
running WinXP as OS. I was pretty disappointed to find out, that Trust
doesn't offer a WinXP driver for their Combi Scan USB 19200, a scanner
that I own and wanted to continue using. Others have faced this
problem before me, but I still wasn't able to come up with a solution
after some web and Usenet searches.
Does anybody know of any tweaks or unofficial drivers that will do the
trick? Help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

http://tinyurl.com/55jpn


http://download.trust.com/drivers/SCANNER/11255_02.exe


--
Mhzjunkie

Programmer: alt.os.windows-xp
1 PRINT "Windows XP ERROR"
GOTO 1
END

 

[Abhilash Tibrewal\(MCSA\)]

Have you tried using Windows 2000 drivers on Windows XP, they may work. You
may receive "driver not signed" messages, just click "Continue".

 

[Ralf Hechter]

http://tinyurl.com/55jpn


http://download.trust.com/drivers/SCANNER/11255_02.exe

I already tried the more obvious stuff, like using drivers for other
Windows versions, but that doesn't work either.
Looks like I will have to get a new scanner after all...

regards, Ralf

 

[Mhzjunkie]

Ralf Hechter spewed out this bit, and i'll scatter a few bits myself :

I already tried the more obvious stuff, like using drivers for other
Windows versions, but that doesn't work either.
Looks like I will have to get a new scanner after all...

regards, Ralf

I posted both links so you could decide for yourself. You never know, some
****wits can't walk and chew gum at the same time. You could find and try a
program like ACDsee. I've had that program to get images off devices that
there where no drivers for, but where connected to the computer and not even
listed in the device manager.

--
Mhzjunkie

Programmer: alt.os.windows-xp
1 PRINT "Windows XP ERROR"
GOTO 1
END

 

[Roger Hunt]

I already tried the more obvious stuff, like using drivers for other
Windows versions, but that doesn't work either.
Looks like I will have to get a new scanner after all...

I was in a similar situation some time ago - with a scanner that worked
perfectly well but no drivers for XP.
Eventually upgraded reluctantly to an Epson 2400, but it's turned out to
be excellent. And it came with Adobe Photoshop Elements, itself a bonus.

Or can you keep your old 98 system just for scanning?

 

[Ralf Hechter]

I posted both links so you could decide for yourself. You never know, some
****wits can't walk and chew gum at the same time. You could find and try a
program like ACDsee. I've had that program to get images off devices that
there where no drivers for, but where connected to the computer and not even
listed in the device manager.

Ok, I'll give that a try. Probably my last chance...

 

[Ralf Hechter]

I was in a similar situation some time ago - with a scanner that worked
perfectly well but no drivers for XP.
Eventually upgraded reluctantly to an Epson 2400, but it's turned out to
be excellent. And it came with Adobe Photoshop Elements, itself a bonus.

Yeah, a new scanner wouldn't be totally bad news. The old one was not
very expensive and not that good to start with. But I would have kept
it for another while.

Or can you keep your old 98 system just for scanning?

Nah, I don't really want to put up with the old OS and the dual boot
just for the scanning. Maybe that's just me...