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Article #779Re: Thanks all I have a winner
From: Seth C
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 09:50
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 09:50
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There has to be a better answer than this.. if I were to buy one of these scanners from you and I couldn't get it to work on any of my machines other than by doing the solution below, I would be asking for my money back. Did HP tech support have any comments about this? Seth On Sun, 25 Aug 2002 05:48:50 GMT, "Garry Lanier" <garrylanier@yahoo.com> wrote: >I have a winner! Thanks all who wrote to me. The winner will pick their >2200 Business printer next week when I have confirmed the below. > > > >Here is the solution: > > > >Take a bare bones machine with USB support > > > >Partition the Hard drive into three drives, C and D and E > > > >Place Win 95 (USB supported) and Win 98 CAB files on E > > > >Install Boot Magic on E > > > >Install Win 95 with USB support on C and Win 98 on D; minimum installations >then > > > >Xcopy the installations to sub directories on E > > > >Install Scanner software on say C or D > > > >The scanners always work on the first installation > > > >When the installations stop working > > > >Uninstall the software and delete the Windows directory in C or D > > > >Xcopy the correct installation back to C or D as required > > > >And start again > >
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