Dave Cohen <user@example.net> wrote in
news:ildh69$lp7$1@news.eternal-september.org:

> On 3/11/2011 8:23 AM, Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries wrote:
>> Li'l Abner wrote:
>>> jw@myplace.com wrote in
>>> news:a0den690lmu40l7ojncvetvhf25ft3adk6@4ax.com:
>>>
>>>> If you need drivers for your computer, DO NOT download them from
>>>> this site. www.driverguide.com. You think you're downloading the
>>>> driver. When you try to install the download, you go thru the
>>>> normal process of accepting the terms, etc. Then it asks you if
>>>> you want their toolbar. I clicked "NO". But you're not
>>>> installing from the download. You must be online and it
>>>> downloads the driver, and STILL installs the ****ing toolbar,
>>>> which is used to track your usage. They claim this is how they
>>>> pay for their site. Whether this is true or not, your computer
>>>> is infected with spyware. DO NOT use this website.
>>>
>>> Hmm. I have a paid membership. I have found a lot of hard to find
>>> drivers there over the years. I've never had any such side
>>> effects. I think they have some kind of software you can download
>>> to detect devices on your computer. Maybe that's what does it. I
>>> never installed that. I usually know what driver I'm looking for
>>> and it's always for some other computer than my own.
>>>
>>> Unless this is something that has just started real recently.
>>
>> The bottom of the home page has the following link "Toolbar Removal
>> Info":
>>
>> http://members.driverguide.com/index...ge=docs__help_
>> _zugo_removal
>>
>> "We thank you for trying the Search Toolbar (powered by Bing TM),
>> your using that toolbar has given us the ability to keep our site
>> free and we thank you for that! We also respect your decision if
>> you choose to remove the toolbar and restore your previous
>> settings. This document will help you do that. If you have any
>> further problems, let us know."
>>
>> I don't use the site, but I've never seen anyone complain about it
>> (and indeed, I've seen people I trust rave about it), so I just
>> installed the DriverScan (not the DriverGuide Toolkit) and I didn't
>> get a toolbar. I expect that must be reserved for those who
>> download the free version of the DriverGuide Toolkit rather than
>> the paid version.
>>
>> The only problem I can see is that some of the drivers I am being
>> encouraged to download will break my computer. All in all, I really
>> think it's better to obtain drivers for specific hardware from the
>> manufacturer when possible.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Well yes, don't we all. Unfortunately, manufacturers don't always
> see fit to support devices from one machine update to the next. My
> PaperPort Scanner for win98 cannot be used with winxp. So I got a
> flatbed OneTouch 7300usb but there is no support for that in Windows
> 7. Pity, their products are good but I'll not get another product
> from Visioneer.
>

Dave,

Before giving up on some older hardware; Give the driver collection i
mentioned a try:

http://drp.su/download.htm#


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