Mustek PlugnScan 1200CP Scanner

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Summary: A good scanner at a good price, but ...
Review: I also noticed the problem one of the reviewers mentioned, as my system slowed to a crawl after installing the scanner. It turns out that the "quick-start" icon it installs on the taskbar runs the program in the background even if you're not using the scanner. When I took it out everything returned to normal. Aside from that I'm quite happy with the product.
Note that if you upgrade to Windows XP, you will have to install new drivers (available at the Mustek web site).

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Summary: confused-mustek plugnscan 1200cp scanner
Review: I am having a problems with this scanner. The Textbridge classic 2.0 that comes with the scanner download, is not compatible with windows 98, it is only for use with windows 95 and NT. Please explain this?? Do you have any suggestions.

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Summary: for the money there's better
Review: I bought one of these when they first came out. The scans aren't too bad if you realy play with the settings (the bundled software's not too bad either).On the serious problem side, the drivers cause problems with certain peripherals when using Win 98, upgrading to ME fixed that, and things were pretty stable. Also be aware, there's no XP support for this scanner, and from what I have been able to learn from talking to Mustek's nearly non existant support staff, they have no intention of releasing updated drivers for this scanner that will run with XP

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Summary: Easy To Use & A great Scanner
Review: I have no idea what the two ... below are doing wrong, perhaps they didnt read the minimum requirements on the back of the box? I am running windows 2000 with 768 mb of ram and a 850mhz processor, this is the best scanner I have ever owned. Its fast small and compact and works better than most 150.00 scanners. If you want a great scanner at a great price and know how to read the box to check for sys req, Then this is the scanner for you.

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Summary: Lemon Law
Review: I have the same problem as Charles only my PC is a Pentium II 450MHz. I bought this scanner last year {2000}and have not yet been able to use it yet.

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Summary: Changed my mind
Review: Since I wrote the review that was somewhat harsh on this scanner, I went back to Mustek's site in the hopes that they'd come up with something to make this work in XP before I broke down and bought a new scanner (I hate to admit defeat). While there are still no specific XP drivers for this scanner, they do have a tool available that's supposed to make the Win.2000 drivers work. .....
While the site wouldn't let me download the app. that's supposed to do the trick, there were instructions for editing your registry in order to make the 2000 drivers run, and guess what, it works! The scanner now scans in better color than it ever did using ME or 98! While it still sounds like it's about to explode every time I turn it on, it's definately a deal at under [amt]. if you're comfortable tweaking your registry a bit. With that in mind, it now qualifies as five stars

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Summary: Lemon Law
Review: The price is right and the system is easy to use, but when I scanned a photo, the result was only fair. That was just the beginning of my problems, however. When I went on to other non-scanner activities, over a few hours my PC became progressively slower until it froze altogether.

Only with great difficulty was I able to restart the system. I backed out the software and my system function returned to normal. I upgraded my memory from 32 MB to 160 MB and reloaded, after having had a technician check my PC for any other problem. After reloading the scanner software I had the same problems. I have a 400MHz AMD K6/2 and must conclude that this scanner does not work on this system. In fairness to the manufacturer, the system requirements called for a Pentium based processor, which I had interpreted as including anything comparable.

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Summary: AMD K6/2 User
Review: The price is right and the system is easy to use, but when I scanned a photo, the result was only fair. That was just the beginning of my problems, however. When I went on to other non-scanner activities, over a few hours my PC became progressively slower until it froze altogether.

Only with great difficulty was I able to restart the system. I backed out the software and my system function returned to normal. I upgraded my memory from 32 MB to 160 MB and reloaded, after having had a technician check my PC for any other problem. After reloading the scanner software I had the same problems. I have a 400MHz AMD K6/2 and must conclude that this scanner does not work on this system. In fairness to the manufacturer, the system requirements called for a Pentium based processor, which I had interpreted as including anything comparable.