Scanner problems

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From: Nige (nigel.callen_at_enjoda.co.uk)
Date: 09/09/04 

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:17:13 +0100

Hi

I have a Canon LIDE scanner (USB) and it has worked OK for many months until
the last day or so when the PC refuses to acknowledge the scanner's
existence when trying to scan. I have installed no new hardware recently.

I have uninstalled everything I can think of to do with the scanner and then
re-installed but no joy. Although the PC does acknowledge existence of the
scanner at the USB port when connected it continues to refuse to scan when
starting the Canon Toolbox Application. The Canon Toolbox application takes
about 30 secs to 1 minute to appear on the screen after starting it so it
appears that there may be some sort of conflict.

I have installed the scanner on my laptop and it works perfectly so there
definitely appears to be something lurking on my PC causing problems.

Anyone any ideas of how I should proceed?

Many thanks

Nige

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