Abheeth

how exactly do you find out where the drivers are writing to? and how do you
change the permission?

"Dominic Payer" wrote:

> Are the drivers written for Vista?
>
> If any temporary directory they write to is in the Program Files area this
> is likely to be the problem, as Vista does not allow write access in this
> area. If you can find the directory the drivers are writing to you could
> modify the permissions for it to allow write access.
>
> Blocking write access to Program Files prevents malware installing itself,
> so only change the permissions for directories you need. It would be better,
> if possible, to change the driver settings so that temporary files are
> written to the User area.
>
>
>
> "Abheeth" <Abheeth@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FD269DBF-F5B4-4557-BA5D-04882ABB5746@microsoft.com...
> >i have managed to install the drivers to my scanner. I am using adobe
> > photoshop in vista ultimate. when i try to scan, an error message appears
> > saying "could not complete the import command because of a poblem with the
> > aquisition module interface" when i try using just the scanner software by
> > itself, the program just closes. the scanner is a "winscan pro 1248u" i
> > have
> > windows xp installed in another partition, when i use the same adobe
> > photoshop through that and try to scan it works. so it is a problem with
> > vista. please help
> >
>