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My epson perfection v700 scanner (that allows me to scan photos, negatives, documents, etc.) and that I paid over $800 for) stopped working with teh latest update two days ago. I've downloaded a new driver and other software from Epson and it doesn't work. Can I uninstall this update? I like my scanner a whole lot more than I like Windows.
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Microsoft seems to have policy of destroying drivers. I don't want to take sides on this particularly disgusting issue, but we need a legislative system whereby the culprits are penalised to the point where they are put out of business. What's the European Union doing about it?
In case anyone reading this uses AT&T Uverse you may need to reconfigure your network so that the printer and any devices that want to be able to receive scans from it are on the same network segment.
For me I was not able to fix this problem until I put all of my PC's into a network switch first, then plugged the switch into the gateway. The gateway is blocking something required by the Epson software to work properly. Wish I knew what it was, but it is definitely repeatable. If I plug my PC into port 1 of the Gateway, then the printer into port 2 of the Gateway then I cannot scan to my PC from the printer. If I plug my PC and printer into my switch (which is plugged into port 4 of the Gateway) then everything works fine.
Just so that others don't waste their time as I have just done ...
In a naive moment I checked whether the much-trumpeted latest upgrade to Windows 10 version 1903 includes a fix to our long-standing frustration getting Epson scanners to work as they used to before.
Ha ha ha. No such luck.
Deep in the vaults of corporate HQ in Redmond I see a bunch of Microsofters celebrating their delight in taking us unfortunate customers for a ride.
If the issue is with the Epson driver I don't know why you would expect Microsoft to fix it.
Just so that others don't waste their time as I have just done ...
In a naive moment I checked whether the much-trumpeted latest upgrade to Windows 10 version 1903 includes a fix to our long-standing frustration getting Epson scanners to work as they used to before.
Ha ha ha. No such luck.
Deep in the vaults of corporate HQ in Redmond I see a bunch of Microsofters celebrating their delight in taking us unfortunate customers for a ride.
I had the same issue, Microsoft 10 programs would pop out after having installed Epson V600. I took advice online:
- Go To Epson download latest download fix. Run it.
- Go to Start, click on Settings, click on Aps...uninstall...
- Uninstall the program Abby Fine Reader.
- Restart the computer.
All is well! Cheers
Sorry, we have had too many such fixes for too many years.
We are discussing the supplier of a desktop OS that remains World n° 1 despite the authoritarianism and crapware it comes with, together what is supposed to be a major supplier of peripherals designed for domestic and industrial users. Together, they have been incapable of providing a hardware-software combination that works "out of the box" to the standard of performance we should by now be allowed to expect. Let's hope this is one much hoped-for sign of a rapid disintegration of that inefficient, intrusive and disrespectful business model.
