Re: Packard Bell Scanner
From: V Green (vanceg_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 09/07/04
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Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 18:11:17 -0700
"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com> wrote in message
news:OSTaj4GlEHA.2868@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> "How d'ya figure?"
> It is Packard Bell hardware.
> Regardless the original manufacturer, Packard Bell is the source for
> support for Packard Bell branded components.
>
> If you can find the correct drivers etc elsewhere, go for it, but
> Packard Bell should be the starting point if the correct files are
> desired.
>
> I do not know about Packard Bell specifically but you try that with
> other manufacturers you sometimes end off worse than you started.
Sometimes....
but right now the OP is looking at an electronic
paperweight that used to function as a scanner...
and there's always the always-reliable Restore Point
isn't there? (being facetious here, they actually aren't
that reliable)
If the OP feels up to it, and has the capability to roll
back reliably, trying other drivers is an option -
nothing ventured-nothing gained
>
> If after repeated attempts at getting the correct files without
> success, hopefully you purchase better next time.
Whaaaa??
So it's the user's fault he didn't buy hardware
that would be compatible with software that
did NOT exist at the time he purchased it?
NO manufacturer is going to answer YES to
the following question:
"Will you guarantee that this piece of hardware will
continue to work after any and all upgrades officially
issued by Microsoft to the operating system under which
it currently function?"
They would be nuts to do so.
Anyway, enough of this pointless wrangling:
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to "bilko" the OP:
Does the scanner show up as "Unknown Device" in Device
Manager?
Or does it show up as "scanner name" with an exclamation
mark next to it?
Or does it not show up at all?
And, as Jim said, we need to know what type of connection
it uses.
>
> That is "How d'ya figure?"
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
>
>
> "V Green" <vanceg@nowhere.net> wrote in message
> news:%233$yfCFlEHA.1244@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > How d'ya figure?
> >
> > I've had many an instance in the past, where, when
> > support ceased or otherwise became unavailable
> > for a particular rebranded device, other drivers for
> > other versions of the same device with a different
> > name and/or reseller worked just fine...all the while
> > the "original" purveyor claming that I was screwed-
> >
> > But you have to go through the "trial & error" part
> > of getting things to work yourself, don't expect any
> > help from either the original mgfr. OR the one whose
> > driver you finally got to work...
>
>
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