Hello, I'm having a strange problem that has come up on a Windows XP Home with SP2. It has a TWAIN scanner connected to USB. It comes up with a TWAIN error (General failure. Source immediately unloaded.) This error happens when the twain scanning applet is called from another program. If I run the program at the command line it functions perfectly. Nothing that I know of has been changed on the computer. I tried System Restore to go back a few days, but that didn't fix the problem. It seems to be a Windows issue with the way external programs are run and the resources available to them. I tried to uninstall and reinstall the scanner driver, but that didn't seem to help. Any ideas? Thanks Mike
I suggest going to the scanners home site and download any updates they have available. they usually have their proprietary software for use with the scanner. so I would download the entire package they have provided for their scanner. -- db·´¯`·...¸><)))º> DatabaseBen, Retired Professional - Systems Analyst - Database Developer - Accountancy - Veteran of the Armed Forces - Microsoft Partner - @hotmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~"share the nirvana" - dbZen > > "eljainc" <eljainc@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:030fa2dc-61f4-49b9-8646-4aacdc97f96d@19g2000yqu.googlegroups.com... > Hello, > > I'm having a strange problem that has come up on a Windows XP Home > with SP2. It has a TWAIN scanner connected to USB. It comes up with > a TWAIN error (General failure. Source immediately unloaded.) This > error happens when the twain scanning applet is called from another > program. If I run the program at the command line it functions > perfectly. Nothing that I know of has been changed on the computer. I > tried System Restore to go back a few days, but that didn't fix the > problem. It seems to be a Windows issue with the way external > programs are run and the resources available to them. > > I tried to uninstall and reinstall the scanner driver, but that didn't > seem to help. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks > Mike