RE: HP ScanJet 5300c and XP SP2

[Hal]

Hello,
Does anyone know if XP SP2 is compatible with a 5300c Scanner from HP?
I can not get the scanner to function.... I continually get a "Scanner Not
Found" error.

I have installed this driver for 4 years and never had a problem installing
it until now... Furthermore XP says they have the driver for the scanner but
it doesnt work either.
I even get a Generic Host Process for Win32 Services error when I try to run
the scanner; and the computer crashes complettely.

I have looked and looked on Google and cant find a solution to the
problem....

Any help would be appreciated since I am obviously to lame to figure this
out.... sheeez

Hal


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PIII 800MHz
Nvidia Geforce2 MX 100/200
544 MB RAM
Dual Boot 98/XP Home

[Nigel D]

"Hal" > wrote in message
...
> Hello,
> Does anyone know if XP SP2 is compatible with a 5300c Scanner from HP?
> I can not get the scanner to function.... I continually get a "Scanner Not
> Found" error.
>
> I have installed this driver for 4 years and never had a problem
> installing
> it until now... Furthermore XP says they have the driver for the scanner
> but
> it doesnt work either.
> I even get a Generic Host Process for Win32 Services error when I try to
> run
> the scanner; and the computer crashes complettely.
>
> I have looked and looked on Google and cant find a solution to the
> problem....
>
> Any help would be appreciated since I am obviously to lame to figure this
> out.... sheeez
>
> Hal
>
>
> --
> PIII 800MHz
> Nvidia Geforce2 MX 100/200
> 544 MB RAM
> Dual Boot 98/XP Home
>

I am running the 5300C scanjet with XP SP2 with no problems. I am not using
the original driver but the one released in 2002, although whether that
makes any difference I don't know.

Why the download has to be 76MByte in size I don't know.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?product=58381&lang=en&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&os=228&softwareitem=sj664en

Nigel Dyer