Scanjet 4200C and XP SP2

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On the seventh day, Marc Stanton wrote...

> Hi all.
>
> Anyone using a Scanjet 4200c with XP SP2?
> Just installed SP2 and.....you guessed it..... the scanner is no longer
> recognised and my system takes for ever to boot up trying to initialize the
> scanner.
> Worked well before.
> The board is an Intel P4-845 with only USB 1.1 ports..

try to disable the firewall in the network properties. you'll find it after
some digging.

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Archived from groups: comp.sys.hp.hardware (More info?)

Arrgh...

Thanks alot...!
I thought as much. The firewall has nothing to do with it - and since I've
been trying for over a week, I'm giving up.
My call to HP tech support has not been answered , so as far as I'm
concerned HP is on my list of 'what not to buy'.

Thanks for the reply though.............
MS


"Steven" <stevennospamcf@_n_o_s_p_a_m_gmailnospam.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Marc,
>
>
> "Marc Stanton" <mks@mksengineering.com> wrote in message
> newsOG7e.21192$8i6.772065@news20.bellglobal.com...
>> Hi all.
>>
>> Anyone using a Scanjet 4200c with XP SP2?
>> Just installed SP2 and.....you guessed it..... the scanner is no longer
>> recognised and my system takes for ever to boot up trying to initialize
>> the scanner.
>> Worked well before.
>> The board is an Intel P4-845 with only USB 1.1 ports..
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> I found mine impossible to setup and keep working. I tried everything and
> there's no way I could make it work. From installing the drivers in safe
> mode, to removing all other devices connected to the computer and the
> rest.
>
> Now it's sitting in a drawer and I've hooked up a Canon scanner and have
> no problems.
> The Canon has much better software and can scan multiple images as
> separate files, but is much slower than the HP, even on USB 2.
>
> And I don't use the windows firewall, so that can't have an effect.
>
> From all the reading I've done, this scanner has major problems with
> windows XP, and with SP2 it just doesn't work.
> Unless HP bring out new drivers and software for it, it's useless and
> won't be used.
>
>
> Steven
>