--=======75F47925======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-597E69; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My scanner won't work unless it is turned on before the computer. Re the desktop icon - it's lost the proper target. Delete it. Re-create t= he=20 right one by holding down control while dragging the one that works from=20 the Start Programs Menu onto the desktop. Cheers, Cathy At 18:40 29/11/02 -0500, you wrote: >Every now and then, my Microtek "ScanMaker E3" refuses to be "recognized= ". It >then becomes necessary to turn off the scanner and pull the SCSI plugs a= t BOTH >ends ,AND reboot. Usually it will work for quite a while, then out of t= he=20 >blue >I have to do it all over again. > >I have no idea why. Lacking a better reason, I blame it on Microsoft. > >Carl Sachs > >RJB wrote: > > > > <Have you tried rebooting? that often solves a multitude of woes> > > > > I ran RegClean then rebooted and the scanner works now, but only from= =20 > the Start, Programs menu. When I click on the desktop icon and try to=20 > scan, nothing happens and the icon has changed for the scanner. > > > > Like Cathy said: It's a very weird outcome. > > Maybe I did download something without realizing? Thanks for the=20 > replies and help. > > > > . --=======75F47925=======--