There's nothing wrong with NikonScan -- once it's
Ah, but there is and they admit it.
properly installed. I've been using it for years
and it's stable as Gibraltar.
There are issues with Nikon's uninstaller, but then,
I've had similarly infuriating issues with other
uninstallers, eg., from Epson, HP, Canon, et. al.
NikonScan wants a powerful CPU and as much memory
as you can throw at it.
It doesn't need any where near as much as Photoshop.
It works as well on my old 2 Gig Athlon with 512 megs as it does on
this 64 bit, 3.4 Gig Athlon with one Meg on board cache.
Now for multiple image scans
The "key" to uninstalling NikonScan is to drill
down to:
[root]\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Nikon
Remove the files from that folder, or the folder itself.
This is quite common with much of today's software. Uninstalling any
Symantec software leaves tracks (files) all over the place and you
have to edit the registry as well.
Then, if using any form of XP don't forget the ability to "roll back"
as nearly all of those deleted files are out there in the hidden files
you can not edit.
Also, Nikon supplies (on the CD that came with your
scanner) a utility for cleaning out the registry
after a driver uninstall. At least they did with
my 8000.
And here's a kicker, that even I had trouble believing.
About a year or so ago, NikonScan started acting flaky.
But this was after installing a new motherboard. After
trying everything under the sun -- including a new
system power supply -- the problem was eventually
Typically if the PS is dumping the system it'll take out something
really important after four or five failures. With the switching PS
it just depends on where it is in the cycle when it fails. I think
the smallest PS here is now 480 or 530 watts. Now I have two UPSs that
are telling me it's time to replace the batteries. I think I'll just
go purchase some industrial Gel Cells and mount them outside the
cases.
traced to an improperly installed heat sink on the CPU.
I wouldn't blame anyone for disbelieving this story,
but it's the truth.
Computers were my profession and where I have my degree. I built all
four I have running now and I'd believe most any tale about them.
Improperly installed heat sinks are a big (and common) problem with
today's high powered systems that have lots of muscle. The thing is,
the more power you run the more cooling air it takes and the more air
you move the more likely the system is to load up with dust and go
down from an over temp which leads to the necessity for regular
maintenance shut downs and cleanings.
My most recent, well, the previous most recent problem was a computer
that would run a while and then crash. The problem? The case fan
(not the one in the power supply) was drawing excessive current. I
had the system spread all over the place and it was working. I
finally got it all back together except for that fan. When I hooked up
the fan everything quit. Unfortunately that was the straw that broke
the camel's back. It took out the PS which took out about everything
except the processor and hard drives as I recall. My memory isn't as
good as it used to be on remembering those kind of details.
My current problem isn't actually the computers, but the Internet.
About the start of Christmas vacation the number of attempted
intrusions went from no more than a few hundred total over the past
couple of years to so many they sometimes slow my connection down.
This one has been hit with well over one and a half million attempts
since then and one of the others has been hit nearly one million
times. So far they still show as being clean, but I run a lot of
stuff to *try* to keep them that way.Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com