Getting a scanner to work - WIA and TWAIN drivers?

[RonaldoGomez]

When I last slipstreamed using nLIte I removed scanner functionality thinking I wouldn't need it. Now I need to scan some photos.

Now I need to reinstall WIA and/or TWAIN drivers I believe.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Cheers.

Edited February 4, 2007 by RonaldoGomez

[strotee76]

I don't mean to come off as being insensitive but, unfortunately, the easiest and quickest way to reinstall certain removed items is to simply recreate the XP CD with nLite. This is exactly the reason why one should test on a test PC or in a virtual PC (VMWare, etc) prior to installing it on the main system.

I've been bitten by the "oops, I think I removed one too many items" bug when using nLite. My stupid video drivers would not completely install. To my dismay, it was the TV Tuner drivers I removed during my creation of the latest XP CD.

From now on, all future XP CDs will be packing a few more MB of drivers so I don't run into this problem again. Trust me, saving a few MBs is not worth the headache of trying to get a driver or piece of hardware to work properly. This is why you have to be 100% confident in your decision of removing that particular item. Once it's gone, it's gone. Unless someone knows of a different method, this is your best option.

Good luck.

[RonaldoGomez]

This is exactly the reason why one should test on a test PC or in a virtual PC (VMWare, etc) prior to installing it on the main system.

From now on, all future XP CDs will be packing a few more MB of drivers so I don't run into this problem again. Trust me, saving a few MBs is not worth the headache of trying to get a driver or piece of hardware to work properly.

Hey strotee76, thanks for the reply.

I can see where you're coming from and in the future I definitely will be leaving more stuff on the install disc. (Particularly with Vista's release, a couple more MBs on an XP disc looks like chicken feed.) This time around tho', I've been using the nLited disc for perhaps half a year, never dreaming of ever scanning anything and things were fine.

It's just that now, half a year on, I need that functionality. In this way, testing on VMWare wouldn't have helped me out.

Cheers anyway - I'm probably due for a reinstall besides.

Ronaldo.

PS: I'm still waiting on someone with news that you can reinstall TWAIN or WIA or whatever it is that I need but I doubt it will come.