New scanner - Pakon vs Nikon

[NickTrop]

Was reading this thread, and read that some are advising that you should set up an old XP machine to run the Pakon scanner software. This drastic step shouldn't be necessary. Windows (including XP) has "compatibility mode". Right-click on the software icon on the desktop (or .exe file in program folder). Under the compatibility tab select "run this program in compatibility mode for" and select the older version of Windows that the software was designed to run for. I don't own this scanner and can't verify it will work... but it should. I've never had an issue using compatibility mode for running legacy software on newer versions of Windows.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-windows-vista-compatibility-mode/

 

[bence8810]

Was reading this thread, and read that some are advising that you should set up an old XP machine to run the Pakon scanner software. This drastic step shouldn't be necessary. Windows (including XP) has "compatibility mode". Right-click on the software icon on the desktop (or .exe file in program folder). Under the compatibility tab select "run this program in compatibility mode for" and select the older version of Windows that the software was designed to run for. I don't own this scanner and can't verify it will work... but it should. I've never had an issue using compatibility mode for running legacy software on newer versions of Windows.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-windows-vista-compatibility-mode/

It won't work. The easiest is to have a Virtual Machine set up which is what I do. But even better is the stand alone XP. Less errors - USB ports were handled differently somehow back in the legacy USB 1.1 days and that has something to do with it.

Compatibility mode won't work.

Ben

 

[NickTrop]

It won't work. The easiest is to have a Virtual Machine set up which is what I do. But even better is the stand alone XP. Less errors - USB ports were handled differently somehow back in the legacy USB 1.1 days and that has something to do with it.

Compatibility mode won't work.

Ben

Huh. Interesting. Good to know. Thanks. Apologies if I misinformed.