I have a scanner that isn't working because the drivers for XP were NOT created yet. So I email the company and they sent me a reply telling me to edit my registry... does this look "kosher"? I don't want to do this and find out it was something I should not have touched.
copy and pasted email here:
Windows XP was released to the public on October 25th. Mustek, INC will be testing all of our products on Windows Xp both with their current drivers and new Xp drivers. We expect the first of the new drivers to become available to download in November. Please coninue to check the website for updates and announcements.
Possible work around for USB scanners under Windows XP: (these steps are not supported by Mustek.)
This involves changing the registry - Please make sure you back up your registry before making any changes.
1. start regedit
2. about HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\current version change the key "product name" from Microsoft Windows XP into Microsoft Windows 2000
3. install the Mustek driver for Windows 2000
4. undo the changes in the registry
Thank you,
Mustek, INC
Thanks for any input here... before I go and make a mess...
copy and pasted email here:
Windows XP was released to the public on October 25th. Mustek, INC will be testing all of our products on Windows Xp both with their current drivers and new Xp drivers. We expect the first of the new drivers to become available to download in November. Please coninue to check the website for updates and announcements.
Possible work around for USB scanners under Windows XP: (these steps are not supported by Mustek.)
This involves changing the registry - Please make sure you back up your registry before making any changes.
1. start regedit
2. about HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\current version change the key "product name" from Microsoft Windows XP into Microsoft Windows 2000
3. install the Mustek driver for Windows 2000
4. undo the changes in the registry
Thank you,
Mustek, INC
Thanks for any input here... before I go and make a mess...