We've just moved our company secretary over from XP to Windows 7.
Pretty much all of the printers and devices she was accessing had
Windows 7 drivers, but one that didnt was her Mustek Scan Express A3 USB
flatbed scanner.
The download only provides Vista drivers:
http://www.mustek.com/product_resources/drivers/scanner/usbport/a3usb/win-vis...
(amusingly, step 5 of the instructions tell you to "Get off the internet" :-))
However, installing these drivers via web.exe (and rebooting) doesnt
work. After rebooting, an icon appears in the system tray, but the
scanner is still not correctly recognised by Win7. It shows up in the
devices page, but as an unknown device with no driver.
The fix is to change the compatibility settings for web.exe to:
1. Windows Vista
2. Run as Administrator.
Then reinstall the driver (by running web.exe) and you should get a
warning this time about installing an unvalidated driver. If you accept
and reboot, the next time you plug the device in Windows will *finally*
install the drivers.
The little tray icon still shows scanner as not detected, but I can
successfully scan (using the standard TWAIN interface) from programs
such as Paint Shop Pro.
Sorted, and secretary will no doubt be pleased.
