Re: My old scanner does no more work...
From: Phil (I.fix.probs_at_for.you)
Date: 05/25/04
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Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 17:11:33 -0400
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 Six year old stuff is just outdated and obsolete.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 wrote:
> 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
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