Musings on family history, regional history, book reviews, and miscellaneous observations and comments by a genealogist and librarian living near the Great Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee.
Monday, March 24, 2008
HP ScanJet 5370C and Windows Vista
I'm very upset that HP has chosen not to make a driver for my HP ScanJet 5370C which will make it compatible with Windows Vista. Instead, they suggest that I upgrade to a newer HP Product. Why would I want to do that when what I choose might not be compatible with the next operating system released by Windows and then they'd suggest that I buy yet another one? I'm looking for suggestions. Do you have a scanner that you own and like that is not an HP that works well with Windows Vista? I'll be checking out Consumer Reports at work tomorrow. In the meantime, I guess that I'll just have to use the old computer for scanning until I send it off to be repaired.
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I hate to say it but Vista is your problem more than HP. Many people I work with have removed Vista and gone back to XP. I chose to dump Windows altogether and go with Mac.
Microsoft is supposed to stop supporting XP in June, but with so many big organizations refusing to go to Vista I doubt that's going to happen either.
Lori,
I bought a HP scanjet5370C because it allowed me to scan 35mm slides; now I can't get it to work on Vista. Did you ever find a solution to allow you to use yours on Vista?
TBIRD
Decatur, GA
Unfortunately I did not find a good solution. I'm keeping my HP 5370C to use with my Windows XP computer. I still have my slide attachment as well. I ended up buying a Canon all-in-one machine. I don't like the hinged lid on the side and prefer my HP flat-bed, but it will get most things. For what it won't, I'll use my XP computer and the HP.
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