Scanner not working.

I am using XP Pro and have an Agfa Snapscan 1212U Scanner which up until a few days ago worked fine.

For some reason this changed and I am at a loss to figure out why.

I tried updating the driver's, which did not work.

I uninstalled it and on re-boot got the 'found new hardware' message, and went through the re-installation, culminating with the message "Your new hardware is ready to use ", but it still will not work.

I ran the Windows 'System File Checker' to see if anything showed up there, but it was clean.

The only thing I have noticed is that in the Control Panel the scanner shows as 'Snapscan ... #2' which I cannot recall, the #2 part that is, seeing previously.

I certainly am open to suggestions as to how I may resolve this, if anyone has any ideas.

Many Thanks.

 

Thank you for both replies.

I had done exactly as Pete suggested, but used another Registry Cleaner program, and did not have any success.

I downloaded Regseeker and ran this and my problem went away, so I guess there must have been something in the Registry that the other program did not find.

Many thanks.