Hello,

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:31:57 -0500, Frederick J. Barnett
<fred@eatel.net> wrote:

> I have an AGFA Snapscan 1212u. Right now it's being used with
>the 32 bit Windows 7 RC, and I've already ordered the retail version
>of 7. I would like to install the 64 bit version, but I'm afraid I'll
>lose my scanner. While it does work with 32 bit 7, it only works with
>the Scanwise program. I can't scan inside any other program. They
>can't find the scanner. AGFA got out of the scanner business years
>ago, so no chance at all of updated drivers from them.
>
Is not it so that 32bit programs can work also under a 64bit Windows
in 32bits mode?

> I don't want to have to replace an otherwise perfectly good
>scanner just to use 64 bit, but on the other hand I hate the idea of
>just one device (everything else will work fine, I checked) preventing
>me from using it.
>
Some versions of Windows7 (at any rate Business and Ultimate versions)
will offer the possibility to work with kind of integrated
XP-compatibility mode. I forgot the 3-letter abbreviation for that
optional part of Win7 that you'll have to download separately.

> Any suggestions?
>
>Frederick J. Barnett http://www.eatel.net/~fred/
>"Someone's got to take the responsibility if the job's going to get done!! Do you think that's easy?!" Gregory Peck - The Guns Of Navarone

Massimo