2001-07-01 12:00:00 - Operating System: Windows 2000 - My rating: 
Received the follow messages: 1) You can get full scanning features by installing the software for the 5100C scanner. Be sure to have HP PrecisionScan 1.02. If you don't you can download it here: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/scanners/software/sj263en.exe Download the patch for Windows 2000 here: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/scanners/software/sj269en.exe Download the patch for the copy utility if you own an USB printer here: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/scanners/software/sj536en.exe Download the newest EPST driver here: ftp://ftp.scmmicro.com/connectivity/drivers/epstw2k.exe Instructions: 1. Boot the computer with the scanner turned off or disconnected. 2. Install HP PrecisionScan 1.02 and DON'T reboot yet. 3. Run the Windows 2000 patch (sj269en.exe) 4. Reboot with the scanner connected and turned on. 5. Windows will complain about hpppt.exe not starting, so go to Start-Programs-Startup and delete the shortcut to "HP Parallel port test" 6. Open the registry (start menu - run, type "redegit"), go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunOnce and delete the item with "hpppt" in it. 7. Open the device manager (control panel - system - hardware tab - device manager button), open the "Ports (COM & LPT)" section, double-click on the LPT port your scanner is connected to, click on the "Port settings" tab and select "Use any interrupt assigned to the port". 8. Reboot. 9. Extract epstw2k.exe in a folder 10. Open the device manager and open the "SCM PPort SCSI adapter", which is found under "System devices" and update its driver pointing to the folder with the new drivers in it. 11 (Optional) install the patch for the copy utility if you own an USB printer. (sj536en.exe) 12. (Optional) If the hardware icon in the task bar annoys you, double click on it and deselect the "show icon in task bar" option. Happy scanning! Thanks to Sebastian for the instructions 2) The fix listed on your site for the HP Scanjet 5100C for W2000 dated 5/00 does not work for me. My W2K Pro reports that the system cannot load the drivers (from epstw2k.exe) for the SCM PPort SCSI adapter.
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