scanner incompatibility with vista

9mmprincess · Post by **9mmprincess** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:13 pm

I have an HP Scanjet 5200 C. there is no driver for it and furthermore, HP informs me they have no plans to write one. Which really sucks, as that scanner is awesome and still works fine despite being a bit old.

Does anyone know of a workaround? I have googled to no avail.

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:43 pm

tried the xp driver? you might be SOL on this one.

People say to try this:

http://www.planetamd64.com/index.php?ac ... ntry289633

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:47 pm

People really should do a little bit of homework before upgrading to Vista.

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:51 pm

Burke wrote:People really should do a little bit of homework before upgrading to Vista.

It can be a pain, indeed (the lack of driver support -- I'm running x64, just because).

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:48 pm

Burke wrote:People really should do a little bit of homework before upgrading to Vista.

lol i've made alot of money so far with issues like this just on service calls... I love Vista

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:55 pm

Sava700 wrote:lol i've made alot of money so far with issues like this just on service calls... I love Vista

Heh.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:55 pm

Yeah if amro's ideas dont work, dont except HP to save the day.

We are sorry to inform you that there will be no Windows Vista support available for your HP product. Therefore your product will not work with Windows Vista.
The majority of HP products not supported in Windows Vista are beyond seven years old.
If you are using the Windows Vista operating system on your computer, please consider upgrading to a newer HP product that is supported on Windows Vista.