On Sat, 1/17/2026 10:23 AM, John C. wrote:
Microsoft desperately wants you to use WIA and not Twain drivers. To
that end, one of their updates made it so that my otherwise perfectly functioning scanner didn't show up in most of my graphics programs
(Irfanview being a major exception.)
Google Gemini told me that if I simply configured my graphics programs
(eg. Adobe Photoshop Elements) to always run in Administrator mode, the problem would go away.
This worked for me, so if any of you out there also experienced this
problem you might want to give it a try.
HTH.
That's not a preferred way to run applications in Ring 3.
That's not Safe Hex.
And on some OSes (not Windows), the application
programs are coded to check for attempts to elevate, and the
program will not allow running elevated. That is intended to
show you how "unpreferred" it is to run Ring3 elevated, and
how other OSes nanny their users.
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We run Regedit that way, because it actually needs permissions
to get the job done, and in some cases, even Administrator
isn't enough. To remove a TrustedInstaller permission on a
Registry entry (a malware trick), takes elevating Regedit
to TrustedInstaller.
But operating a scanner, we should try to avoid that game.
Maybe the scanner application that comes with the scanner,
you can use the Compatibility tab on the EXE and get the
necessary fluid operation that way.
Using a copy of Vuescan, stands a good chance of doing
the job properly. That gives the possibility of a "newer path"
to the hardware.
A lot of "friction" in the OS, comes from "exploits" that must
be covered off. That's why we are being asked to remove
certain drivers, by an OS notification. It isn't entirely
a themed "hatred", but it is recognition that a thing
like a TWAIN driver isn't signed. Signing is not a panacea,
as files have been signed by Black Hats using materials they
got by breaking into some site. When you operate a business,
your signing computer should be air-gapped, so that can't happen.
Two drivers now operate in "separate" containers. The NVidia
driver. The RealTek NIC driver. In the case of NVidia, the
web site will refer to the Standard Driver, which would work
on windows 7. Whereas the newer (nameless driver standard)
is the containerized version. And that tends to be associated
with W10/W11. Eventually, all drivers will be containerized,
which means again, lots of older code implementations will
not be compatible with the newer OSes.
Paul
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