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Kurtis Myers - 28 Jan 2005 18:40 GMT

I have a system (200MHZ, 4GB HDD, 128MB RAM) that I have upgraded to WIN ME;
previous OS was WIN95. On the previous install with '95 everything worked
correctly; I have a sheetfed scanner (ISA board, Info ImageReader SE6C).
The scanner worked fine with 95, but cannot be used with WIN ME. Any
suggestions, the error is always from the scanner software: scandevc.sys not
installed. Any suggestions...I've tried 6 or 7 drivers and rebuilt 2x.
Kurt

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Mike M - 28 Jan 2005 19:10 GMT

If the scanner requires real mode drivers loaded via config.sys (such as
perhaps scandevc.sys) then it is incompatible with, and cannot be used
with Win Me since Win Me does not support real mode.

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> I have a system (200MHZ, 4GB HDD, 128MB RAM) that I have upgraded to
> WIN ME; previous OS was WIN95. On the previous install with '95
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> scanner software: scandevc.sys not installed. Any suggestions...I've
> tried 6 or 7 drivers and rebuilt 2x. Kurt

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Ron Martell - 29 Jan 2005 01:58 GMT

>I have a system (200MHZ, 4GB HDD, 128MB RAM) that I have upgraded to WIN ME;
>previous OS was WIN95. On the previous install with '95 everything worked
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>installed. Any suggestions...I've tried 6 or 7 drivers and rebuilt 2x.
>Kurt

You could try using a utility named CTLOAD.EXE to install the drivers
that would normally be in the config.sys file. No guarantee but it
is worth trying.

I found a download site for it at
http://www.liaokai.com/softw_en/dos.htm

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

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Kurtis Myers - 30 Jan 2005 14:46 GMT

Thank you Ron for the recommendation; I considered CTLoad, but noticed it
was not the exact fix I needed. I found a work around by using a "Real
DOS_Mode Patch for Windows Millennium by Reines (MFD)". I did the trick and
was very easy to apply.

>I have a system (200MHZ, 4GB HDD, 128MB RAM) that I have upgraded to WIN
>ME; previous OS was WIN95. On the previous install with '95 everything
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>and rebuilt 2x.
> Kurt

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Noel Paton - 30 Jan 2005 15:15 GMT

OH DEAR!!!
I do hope you don't ever need to use Safe Mode!

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> Thank you Ron for the recommendation; I considered CTLoad, but noticed it
> was not the exact fix I needed. I found a work around by using a "Real
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>>and rebuilt 2x.
>> Kurt

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Mike M - 30 Jan 2005 15:51 GMT

My thoughts as well Noel which is why I chose not to refer to this
so-called solution in my original post to this thread.

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> OH DEAR!!!
> I do hope you don't ever need to use Safe Mode!

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