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I have a visioneer usb scanner. I only use it occasionally these days so I
usually leave it off.

When I put a cd into any drive and it autoplays the scanner "control box"
pops up and searches (from 0 - 100%) for the scanner. The cd autoplay is
held up until the search gets to 100%.

Any ideas whats causing it?? I had the same problem on ME and had hoped to
eliminate it now I'm using XP pro. I have updated the scanner drivers,
uninstalled and reinstalled the scanner software and its the same with or
without Norton.

TIA

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Right click on the scanner in device manager. Uninstall. Reboot and allow
the system to redetect the scanner. It will reinstall the scanners drivers -
assuming that they are not missing. You can also reinstall the scanner
software which may solve the problem.

I remember that there were problems with your mfg. scanner in that many were
not compatible with Windows XP. Scanners are cheap these days and I have
seen many on sale for under $50.00.

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"Spikey" <hedge_hogg@NOSPAMbtinternet.com> wrote in message
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>I have a visioneer usb scanner. I only use it occasionally these days so I
>usually leave it off.
>
> When I put a cd into any drive and it autoplays the scanner "control box"
> pops up and searches (from 0 - 100%) for the scanner. The cd autoplay is
> held up until the search gets to 100%.
>
> Any ideas whats causing it?? I had the same problem on ME and had hoped to
> eliminate it now I'm using XP pro. I have updated the scanner drivers,
> uninstalled and reinstalled the scanner software and its the same with or
> without Norton.
>
> TIA
>

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"Richard Urban [MVP]" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Right click on the scanner in device manager. Uninstall. Reboot and allow
> the system to redetect the scanner. It will reinstall the scanners
> drivers - assuming that they are not missing. You can also reinstall the
> scanner software which may solve the problem.
>

Tried all that several times already just wont budge. I think you might be
right about a new scanner. Could definitely do with a usb 2 to speed things
up.

:o)

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