Win98 turns scanner strobe on upon reboot

I'm running Win98SE on a Micron Millennia Max 733MHz PIII (circa 1999) and have a Visioneer 6000a scanner attached to it thru the parallel port. I have had to place a switch box between the port and the scanner to break the connection between the two when I reboot. If they're connected, Windows turns the strobe light on upon bootup, and it stays on indefinitely thereafter.

If anyone has encountered that problem, or knows of someone who has, and knows how to get rid of the problem, I'd appreciate knowing (Visioneer and the PaperPort software bunch were of absolutely know help).

 

Why not just leave the scanner powered off until you need it?
Or, is it one of those that doesn;t have a power off button? (I think some of the HPs are like that?)

 

The problem will only occur if told to by (Visioneer or PaperPort

There is probably a file loading at startup that is doing this.

Could also be a program that uses the Scanner that is loading at startup also.

I had the same thing with my HP Scanner until I found the proper item(s) loading at startup and shut it ( them ) down.

Run MSCONFIG and see what may be loading that involves the scanner.

Also check the run= and load= lines in the Win.ini. Run SYSEDIT to check them.

BillyBob