Thanks for the update. I also use the Scan Dual II under XP, normally with
VueScan. Glad to hear there is life in the old scanner, whatever the means.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Rand E" <rtomcala@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 7:42 AM
Subject: [OM] New OS vs Old Hardware
> I recently upgraded my computer to Win 7 64-bit. In general there
> were no problems with programs or drivers - In General.
> My one major problem was the driver for my Minolta Scan Dual II
> slide/film scanner, results as follows:
> First of all, the original driver is not acceptable by my new OS, just
> won't work. I had bad thoughts like new scanner required.
> Minolta no longer owns that segment of the business, so no support
> from them.
> New owner didn't make it and has no intention of supporting it.
> I now was faced with the possibility of having to retrograde my OS just
> to scan my slides. Having a second OS just to run one program didn't
> seem attractive to me.
>
> I noticed, on an old trial copy of Vuescan, that I had noted that it
> had it's own driver. I went to the Vuescan site and downloaded a trial
> version of the latest program.
> My problem is now solved, the included driver works fine in Win7 64-bit.
> Rand E
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