On 29/11/2011 17:42, Mortimer wrote:

- no 64-bit driver is available for my Epson 1200 scanner so I need to
keep an XP machine for this

I dual booted Ubuntu to run my Canon scanner but eventually bit the
bullet and bought an 'all in one' (Kodak ESP C110. Mainly as the ink
was, relatively, cheap)

I use Firefox rather than IE, so I can't comment on IE9.
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