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December 4th, 2007 16:00

1815dn Netscan & Vista ...

Hi - I hope this may help others with this problem ...
 
I've never had any problems using Netscan on my "old" non-wireless pc (Vista Ultimate), or my XP laptop, but ...
 
I've now got an HP Pavilion laptop (Vista Home Premium), and Netscan just wouldn't connect to the 1815dn, until I happened to accidentally "nudge" the slider-control on my laptop that disables it's wireless & bluetooth ...
 
Netscan can now connect to my laptop and allows me to setup applications, but unfortunately, I still can't scan from the 1815dn - it says "No Application" on the printer's lcd
 
So, it seems to me, that
1) Vista Netscan doesn't work over wireless, also
2) Vista Netscan can't co-exist with a wireless adaptor - even if it's disabled
 
 
 
-Tom
 
ps. (like everyone else), I've tried all the normal stuff - disabling/uninstalling antivirus, firewall etc
to no avail.



Message Edited by Tom__Hall on 12-04-2007 07:05 PM
  • Tom__Hall

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    Posted December 6th, 2007 15:00

    :smileyhappy:Hi Bill -
     
    I've just spoted that there's a new (Vista) Netscan on the ftp server - the http links don't seem to work yet, but it downloads ok direct from the ftp server
     
    I have installed it on my system, and it does seem to work ok for me
     
    thanks
     
    Tom
     
    :smileyhappy:
     
     
     
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    Posted December 6th, 2007 19:00

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    Posted December 7th, 2007 07:00

    Hi Bill - I've been doing a bit more testing - the new netscan even scans over wireless !
    Just one small niggle though - netscan (a.k.a dnscst.exe), is blocked by vista and I have to unblock it everytime I restart my machine
     
    -Tom
     
  • andekl

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    Posted December 9th, 2007 19:00

    Hi,
     
    I am running Vista Ultimate and have now tried this version on my laptop with a wireless nic. It finds the 1815dn alright (previous version didn't). However, when I try to network scan on the printer and choose the laptop (the laptop is choosable) the 1815dn menu says "no program" and ends back to the main menu. Normally I get the choice to choose between alternatives such as My Documents etc.
     
    Any idea?
     
    /Andreas


    Message Edited by andekl on 12-09-2007 10:04 PM
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    Posted December 13th, 2007 17:00

    I removed and installed the printer driver again and then reinstalled netscan. This seems to have solved my issues. It works now!
  • gil0723

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    Posted December 13th, 2007 18:00

    Network scanning works, but when the PC comes out of standby DNSCST.exe crashes.
     

    Log Name:      Application

    Source:        Application Error

    Date:          12/13/2007 2:01:08 PM

    Event ID:      1000

    Task Category: (100)

    Level:         Error

    Keywords:      Classic

    User:          N/A

    Computer:     

    Description:

    Faulting application DNSCST.exe, version 0.0.1.0, time stamp 0x47282936, faulting module DNSCBD.dll, version 0.0.1.1, time stamp 0x4728289b, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x00007150, process id 0x1c28, application start time 0x01c83db4e885433d.

  • HBird7

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    Posted December 14th, 2007 22:00

     
    1815dn in December 2007 does NOT work in Vista.  No scan functionality when connected to network by ethernet.
     
    Nope.
     
    Not!  Dell admits.
  • skeller05

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    Posted December 30th, 2007 15:00

    Hello Bill, Thanks to Santa for solving the 1815dn Netscan issue!!!! A housekeeping request. Can you post a link to this new thread in the other thread/s in the old part of the forum? I was part of the thread in the other forum and would get notification when someone had posted something new in that thread. Since that thread was closed down, I did not get a notification of the fix. If you are able to post a link in the old thread pointing those thread members here, all of those folks in that thread that had been suffering with this issue since day 1 might get a notification of the fix. Thanks again for addressing the issue. Scott
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    Posted December 30th, 2007 16:00

    I now have Vista (32-bit), 1815dn Print, 1815dn Print to Fax, 1815dn Scan to PC.

    For what it's worth, here are the steps I went through to get Netscan and Vista to play nice.

    1. Download and install Printer Firmware (as of this email, dated 12/12/2007)
    2. Download the "Dell-Application" Vista 32-bit driver (dated 12/6/2007)

    I had previously installed the other two drivers:
    - "Dell-Driver(dated 1/29/2007), and,
    - "Dell-Patch/Upgrade (dated 2/27/2007)

    When the "Dell-Application" driver (12/6/2007) is installed, if finds evidence of the previous patch and/or driver, and it wanted to un-install those items.

    IMPORTANT. Reboot after the un-install.

    Then re-run "Dell-Application" (12/6/2007) and go through the configuration of the new device.

    Also, I just went through setting the 1815 on a new Notebook with Vista. During the "Dell-Driver" (1/29/2007) install process ... I did NOT select the "Install Scanner" (or whatever the checkbox was) and instead let the "Dell-Application" (12/6/2007) process install the Netscan software at that point. Netscan worked fine on that Notebook.

    Thanks to Dell for the nice Christmas present ... albeit a year in the making ;->

    Message Edited by skeller05 on 12-30-2007 12:08 PM
  • NemesisDB

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    Posted January 28th, 2008 00:00

    I wanted to use netscan over wireless so I upgraded to
     
    Since doing this however, the netscan application has required administrative rights to run.  This prevents it from loading at startup (unless I disable UAC).
     
    Any thoughts?